00:00With the signing of 11 decrees, President Abelardo de la Espriella consolidated the route
00:04with which it formalizes the reconstruction process one month after the earthquake that shook Colombia
00:09on August 10th. After a cabinet meeting of almost six hours at the Casa
00:13In Nariño, the president and his cabinet outlined the strategy with which they are finalizing the
00:18measures in various sectors to assist the more than 400 affected municipalities.
00:22The first guideline is the creation of the Miracle Fund, which will channel all types
00:26of resources to finance what is needed, avert the crisis and prevent its effects from spreading
00:31in the departments and municipalities covered by the declaration of emergency.
00:34We need execution capacity, resources, and speed. This fund will be one of the instruments.
00:42perhaps the most important one, to achieve it.
00:45As established, its sources of funding will be broad and will include resources from the budget.
00:50general of the nation, public or private donations, international cooperation and include
00:55public credit operations and contributions from private individuals or legal entities.
00:59A measure was also established for an extraordinary version of the works mechanism.
01:03through taxes. In short, this initiative aims to allow taxpayers to pay part of their
01:08income tax by carrying out works in housing, health, education, drinking water, energy, roads,
01:13among other sectors. In fact, that was one of the agreements established at the meeting with the
01:17The country's leading business leaders met in Quibdó on September 7th. Furthermore, it was decreed that until
01:22By the end of 2027, local authorities will be able to redirect income that they previously had
01:27a fixed destination by law and access to more flexible treasury loans to cover shortfalls
01:32of cash. Secondly, we adopted 17 financial, administrative and institutional measures aimed at
01:42to the territorial entities with a very specific objective: to give them temporary financial liquidity
01:50to departments and municipalities so that they can face the emergency they are experiencing.
01:57Mayors and governors are on the front lines of the response. We cannot demand results from them.
02:06to the regional leaders if we do not give them the tools to act accordingly.
02:12In other decrees aimed at the education sector that the president signed
02:16Espreira, it is also permitted that 47 certified territorial entities in education apply
02:21the reorganization, redistribution or rescheduling of the planned academic work weeks
02:26in school calendars. Furthermore, it also opens the door for them to authorize the benefit
02:30the educational service is carried out in spaces deemed suitable for that purpose, including
02:35outside the premises of the institutions.
02:37When an educational institution has been affected, temporary authorization may be granted
02:44the development of academic activities in spaces other than their official headquarters,
02:52while the respective infrastructure is being restored. We also adopted financial measures to guarantee
03:00that educational institutions have the essential resources necessary to continue operating
03:07and we temporarily made the academic calendar of the affected establishments more flexible,
03:15because we cannot expect an institution that lost classrooms or whose community was hit
03:23during the emergency, it will operate under the same normal conditions.
03:28The Casa de Nariño estimates that at least 30 trillion pesos will be needed for reconstruction.
03:33territorial in its first phase, although other estimates amount to 50 trillion.
03:37This money, which would be channeled into that miracle fund, will be managed by
03:41Jaime Andrés Uribe, who was delegated the role of manager for that process. Furthermore,
03:45There will be designated figures in each department to establish a direct line between the
03:50regions and the president. Of those necessary resources, 2 trillion will already be guaranteed, which will be put
03:54cocoa crops specifically destined for the Chocó region, in addition to international contributions
03:59confirmed by the Foreign Ministry that they exceed 50 million dollars.
04:03Throughout this operation, the participation of key players will be maintained during the first month of the
04:07emergency, such as Vice President Restrepo, Interior Minister Rodrigo Lara, Minister
04:12Housing Minister Jaime Andrés Beltrán and First Lady Ana Lucía Pineda, along with Restrepo's wife
04:16Tatiana Céspedes. They have all made regional tours for the evolution and implementation of
04:21initial programs for the care of victims.
04:23This emergency hit Colombia hard, but it is also showing us that we are
04:29capable of working together. I've said it many times, we Colombians have been forged in the midst of
04:38of adversity. This is a republic born of pain and vicissitudes, and this circumstance
04:46This time it won't be too much for us. According to official UNGRD figures, they are
04:51331 deaths have been recorded, 4,505 injuries, and 111 people remain missing.
04:58The impact was felt in 16 departments and 498 municipalities. A total of 296,738 families were affected.
05:06which totals more than 466,709 affected people. So far, the report includes 202,002 homes.
05:13damaged and 36,326 destroyed, 6,005 buildings damaged and 743 collapsed.
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