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As part of the Government’s strategy for the reconstruction of the areas affected by the passage of Hurricane Iota and the thousands of people affected by the winter wave, President Iván Duque asked the United States for support, with high-capacity aircraft to mobilize aid.
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“We have been working with the Southern Command in recent days and we hope that these aircraft can help us in the transfer of aid, something that will be very important in the reconstruction process,” he said, adding that the North American country has learned to rebuild later. of major hurricanes.
The head of state also indicated that he was, along with other officials, in Providencia accompanying the installation of the field hospital. “The power plants also arrived,” he said.
He also announced that he appointed Susana Correa, who is the current director of the Department of Social Prosperity, as general manager in the process of attention and reconstruction of the infrastructure of San Andrés and Providencia. Likewise, he warned that he appointed Lyle Newball, a medical member of the coarchipiélago board of directors, to articulate the general management with a management of local management and community management.
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Likewise, the head of state assured that this Thursday they delivered 500 tents and in the next few hours they will deliver 500 more. “We are also complying with the distribution in nine areas of the island of Providencia, the humanitarian delivery, as will also be done in San Andrés,” he said.
For her part, Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez announced three measures to address the winter emergency experienced by 2,948 families in Norte de Santander: relocation, identification of high-risk places and legalization of neighborhoods.
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Thus, in this department they will deliver 2,500 rental subsidies for the population that must be relocated, while offering definitive options for 119 families, and will give 2,000 humanitarian aid kits.
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