{
  "id": 901158,
  "title": "Petro Government Declined Foreign Rescue Teams as Earthquake Death Toll Hits 285",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/petro-government-declined-foreign-rescue-teams-as-earthquake-death",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T17:31:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The City Paper Bogotá",
    "slug": "the-city-paper-bogota",
    "url": "https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/petro-government-declined-foreign-rescue-teams-as-earthquake-death-toll-hits-285/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Amidst the rubble and destruction caused by Monday’s devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake across much as Central and Southwest Colombia, reports are surfacing that the leftist government of ex-President Gustavo Petro initially decided that the country did not need specialized international search-and-rescue teams. According to a letter signed by Javier Pava, the former head of the National […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Colombia limits foreign rescue teams as earthquake survival window narrows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/colombia-limits-foreign-rescue-teams-as-earthquake-survival-window",
        "published": "2026-08-13T09:20:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}