Colombia’s President Abelardo De La Espriella on Wednesday vowed to set up an emergency fund to help rebuild hospitals, schools, homes and infrastructure destroyed by Monday’s earthquake, which killed 265 and left nearly 500 people unaccounted for.
“This is undoubtedly a tragedy of immense proportions,” De La Espriella, who was inaugurated three days before the 7.4 magnitude-quake collapsed buildings across major cities in western Colombia, said in a national address.
