Monday 22 December
2008, San José, Costa
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Colombia Thanks
Venezuela For
Humanitarian Aid To Rain
Victims
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Colombia Thanks
Venezuela For
Humanitarian Aid To Rain
Victims
Bogota - Colombia
thanked Venezuela on
Sunday for its
humanitarian aid for the
victims of the heavy
rains in Colombia.
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe said it was
a "gesture of a lot of
humanity" that the
Venezuelan government
sent a military plane of
aid.
The plane took off
Saturday in Caracas,
Venezuela and
transported 14 tons of
food and drinking water
to the 1.1. million
people affected by the
rain season in Colombia,
which has left 67 dead
and hundreds injured.
"Let's thank President
(Hugo) Chavez and his
government of the
Republic of Venezuela,
because they gave us a
gesture of great
solidarity, a plane with
a lot of aid," Uribe
said in Pinillios town.
Uribe also announced his
government would invest
17.5 million U.S.
dollars to subsidize the
peasants who lost their
crops and animals due to
the rains.
The rain season, which
started in mid
September, has affected
390 municipalities and
27 of the 32 provinces
across the country.
Meteorological studies
indicated that this rain
season should end before
new year. |
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