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Colombia in the 72 hours after the earthquake: unequal deployment and hesitation in the face of international aid

Continúan los operativos de rescate para tratar de encontrar a las cerca de 200 personas que aún permanecen desaparecidas

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Colombia in the 72 hours after the earthquake: unequal deployment and hesitation in the face of international aid

Rescuers repeat like a mantra that the greatest odds of rescuing a earthquake victim alive are in the first 72 hours. That after that window, the chances drop to 2.5%. Colombia woke up on Wednesday counting 48 of them and accelerating rescue operations to try to find the nearly 200 people who still remain missing, according to figures from Asocapitales. The earthquake, for now, has already left two hundred dead and devastation yet to be calculated.

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