00:03Victims of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that caused about thirty injuries and serious illnesses
00:07Infrastructure damage in downtown Panama; they hoped on Sunday that the situation would be expedited.
00:11humanitarian aid, which the government began to distribute with difficulty in remote areas.
00:30And that overnight, not overnight, in a few minutes you the
00:35you see on the ground.
00:37Hundreds of people whose homes collapsed or were partially destroyed remain in the
00:42exposed to the elements, two days after the powerful earthquake that mainly affected communities of
00:47The provinces of Los Santos, Herrera, Cocle and Veraguas, according to reports from Civil Protection and the
00:52Local press. According to the government, the earthquake left more than 2,000 people homeless. There are
00:58In addition, some 900 homes and 400 schools were affected.
01:02I feel sad; this is my house, the savings I accumulated my whole life to have this house. Now
01:09Look, I can't blame anyone either, because this is part of nature, and who can complain?
01:15To whom, to nature, one cannot make demands.
01:18The earthquake destroyed schools, hospitals, churches, public buildings, bridges, and roads in the
01:23central part of the country. Classes will remain suspended on Monday. In the communities
01:28Those affected, some of them still without electricity, are demanding water, food and other services
01:33basics. President José Raúl Mulino assured on Sunday that the people of the regions
01:38They will burn what they need; food and water will be brought to them, but he explained that many roads
01:43They were blocked. Mulino declared a state of emergency on Saturday to manage 100 million
01:47of dollars in humanitarian aid. The United States has sent water, canned food, evaporated milk
01:53and tents. In Panama City, authorities set up a collection center in the park
01:58main, where residents of the capital take supplies to the affected regions.
