{
  "id": 1604250,
  "title": "Colombian minister’s Caribbean holiday amid earthquake crisis stokes fury",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/colombian-ministers-caribbean-holiday-amid-earthquake-crisis-stokes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T01:17:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3364351/colombian-ministers-caribbean-holiday-amid-earthquake-crisis-stokes-fury"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Colombia’s new housing minister has come under fire after it emerged that he took his family on a Caribbean holiday while the country was reeling from a devastating earthquake that left thousands homeless. The August 10 earthquake, which killed nearly 300 people in western Colombia, struck just three days after right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella took office. The 7.4-magnitude tremor…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}