00:00Emergency teams in Panama are intensifying relief operations in the rural town of La
00:06Colorado Riva following a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake.
00:10The earthquake, which struck the southern province of Los Santos on October 9th, severely
00:15impacted local infrastructure and left at least 140 homes destroyed or unsafe for habitation.
00:23Ongoing aftershocks have forced emergency management personnel to accelerate debris removal, structural
00:29inspections and direct relocation of displaced families into temporary shelters as regional
00:36authorities coordinate relief distribution.
00:48In this context, on Tuesday, following instructions from acting President Delci Rodriguez, a delegation
00:55from the Venezuelan Bolivarian government arrived in Panama to provide technical assistance
01:00to the country following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck that nation last Friday, October
01:079th.
01:08The mission is led by Juan José RamÃrez, Sectoral Vice President for Public Works and Services,
01:14and Francisco Garces, President of the Presidential Commission for the Assessment of the Habitability
01:19of Housing and Infrastructure, along with a specialized team of Venezuelan engineers with the aim
01:26of providing support and technical assistance for all post-earthquake operations and the assessment
01:32of affected structures in the country.
