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00:00:42Welcome to our broadcast, I'm
00:00:42date on which they will again Alejandra Forero, and next up, the front page.
00:01:04A group of fishermen sailing in
00:01:16Welcome to our front page broadcast with Alejandra Forero. Next
00:01:20up, our headlines.
00:01:24Earthquake in Colombia leaves at least 40 dead and
00:01:28worries families in Aruba. Dimas temporarily
00:01:31suspends new work permits. A 7.4-magnitude
00:01:36boat, wagging its tail, according to what he earthquake shakes Colombia and causes
00:01:39damage in several cities. President Abelardo de la Aspriella
00:01:43the situation, also with takes control of the emergency after the earthquake.
00:01:47At this hour, and every day, we are pleased to greet once again
00:01:50all our viewers, giving you, as always, a warm
00:01:54welcome to our front page broadcast with Alejandra Forero. It is a
00:01:58great pleasure to greet you, hoping you had an excellent weekend
00:02:01and that you are ready to have the best week of
00:02:05all. Today, unfortunately, Colombia
00:02:08was shaken by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake
00:02:12on the Richter scale that affected various major cities
00:02:16in this country. The most worrying thing is that, as we know, here
00:02:19in Aruba, many Colombians reside, and they still did not
00:02:23know the whereabouts of their loved ones. Several messages arrived at our newsroom
00:02:27northwest of the country. The from concerned people here, waiting
00:02:30for their families in various cities such as Cali,
00:02:33as a brake on cell Medellín, Pereira, 450,000 florins with Manizales, and who did not know their
00:02:37whereabouts. We also know that, as we are in holiday
00:02:40season, there are many Arubans or local people who
00:02:43decided to be in Colombia and unfortunately were in the
00:02:47middle of this earthquake.
00:02:50The concern and anguish were also felt in Aruba. This
00:02:54strong earthquake that shook Colombia today has generated
00:02:57concern among hundreds of people on our island,
00:03:01especially among those of us who have family and loved ones
00:03:04in Colombian territory and among those who are there
00:03:08on vacation in the country. The 7.4 magnitude
00:03:12earthquake occurred in the morning and was felt in
00:03:15different regions of Colombia. Among the areas that have
00:03:18reported the most damage are Pereira,
00:03:21Manizales, Medellín, Cali, Quibdó, where fatal victims,
00:03:25injured people, and damage to
00:03:28buildings have been reported. According to the preliminary balances known as of
00:03:32the broadcast, at least 70 people had
00:03:36died. However, the authorities continue to evaluate the
00:03:40situation and carry out search and rescue operations. In
00:03:43Aruba, the situation has also
00:03:46office on August 7, Abelardo de generated moments of anguish for many families. Some
00:03:49people have had difficulty communicating with their families in
00:03:53Bogotá to focus on Colombia immediately after the
00:03:55Telearuba to know everything earthquake, while others try to confirm
00:03:58that their loved ones, including family members who are on vacation,
00:04:01are well. In a moment like this, the authorities
00:04:05recommend remaining calm and avoiding sharing unconfirmed
00:04:09information officially. Today,
00:04:12the government of Aruba met with various
00:04:15stakeholders to assess the situation and
00:04:18also to see how many Arubans or residents of
00:04:22the island are currently on vacation.
00:04:25From Aruba, we continue to monitor the
00:04:28evolution of this situation and the official information that
00:04:32emerges. To all the families affected by this
00:04:35tragedy, our thoughts and solidarity are with
00:04:39you in these difficult times.
00:04:42Changing the subject, the Dimas department has announced that they
00:04:46have temporarily halted the initial
00:04:49permit for certain people. Why did they make this decision? Here's
00:04:52the information next.
00:04:55Dimas temporarily suspends the issuance of
00:04:58initial work permits. The Department of
00:05:01Integration, Management, and Admission of Foreigners reported that for the
00:05:05moment they are not granting initial work
00:05:08permits due to the high volume of applications and
00:05:12the internal reorganization process the institution is undergoing. According
00:05:15to Ms. Katy Ruiz Pasquel, director of this department,
00:05:19there are some exceptions they are taking into
00:05:23account. She also explained that the measure seeks
00:05:26to allow the department to process the accumulated
00:05:29volume of files and optimize its administrative
00:05:33procedures before resuming this service. The
00:05:36authorities clarified that the suspension applies only to
00:05:40new work permit applications, while other
00:05:44procedures continue to be carried out
00:05:46normally. Dimas indicated that once operational conditions
00:05:49allow, they will officially announce the
00:05:54receive this type of application, and invited
00:05:58users to stay informed through the official
00:06:02channels.
00:06:04And after this terrible news became known, where
00:06:08we know that Colombia was affected by this earthquake,
00:06:12we live here in Aruba with many
00:06:14Colombians. Prime Minister Mike Eyman also made
00:06:18statements about this moment, about the coexistence he has with the
00:06:22thousands and thousands of Colombians who are concerned about the
00:06:25situation reigning in Colombia. Here are his
00:06:29statements:
00:06:32we have just organized a very important
00:06:35meeting with different
00:06:39institutes that are important during
00:06:42such moments. We
00:06:46have been in contact with the Embassy of the
00:06:49Kingdom of the Netherlands in
00:06:52Bogotá to assess
00:06:55the Consul General of Colombia
00:06:58in Aruba, Mr. Gustavo Serrano,
00:07:02to express our sense of
00:07:05solidarity and coexistence with the
00:07:08Colombian community during this tragic
00:07:11event of the earthquake in Colombia that has
00:07:15shaken again many cities
00:07:18and again we have
00:07:22reports of many deceased
00:07:26especially in four areas. We are
00:07:29receiving many reports of extensive
00:07:32damage in Cali, in Manizales, in Pereira, and in
00:07:36Chocó, but also more widely in
00:07:39Colombia there is a lot of damage. The
00:07:42initial investigation we conducted
00:07:45this morning jointly with the Department of Foreign Relations,
00:07:49with the Department of Police Security and the
00:07:53institute for crisis management in
00:07:56Aruba, which is called CMO,
00:07:59we did jointly with the Kingdom of the Netherlands
00:08:02an analysis of the situation and
00:08:05everything is still very fluid. We
00:08:09still don't have the exact
00:08:12figures and we also don't
00:08:15have a complete view of all the damage,
00:08:19also the damage for many people from
00:08:23Aruba who have lost family. We also quickly made
00:08:27an inventory of our concerns
00:08:30for Aruban citizens in Colombia.
00:08:34We have from AZV
00:08:3790 people from Aruba in
00:08:40Colombia who are there
00:08:43for medical care and with families.
00:08:4666 in Cali, 27 in Bogotá, and
00:08:5020 in Medellín, and all the contacts we had
00:08:54so far, also jointly with AZV, we
00:08:58have, thank God, no
00:09:00reports of incidents
00:09:04where patients or
00:09:07families were involved in any
00:09:10effect of the earthquake, and we are very grateful
00:09:13to our Lord for that. So,
00:09:16we have an accumulation of
00:09:20impacts in the entire
00:09:23region, Venezuela, now Colombia,
00:09:27we feel that these moments bring
00:09:30us an important message of greater
00:09:33solidarity and more coexistence among
00:09:36humanity. Many times we are very
00:09:39concerned about things that
00:09:43are possibly not the most important things in life.
00:09:47These moments remind us what is
00:09:50truly and what
00:09:54it means to be a human being and a neighbor
00:09:57to us. We want
00:10:00to express our words of solidarity and
00:10:03coexistence to all the families in Colombia who have suffered
00:10:07loss, and the families in Aruba who
00:10:10have people who have suffered loss. We are
00:10:13in solidarity with you and we have also
00:10:17communicated with the Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy, and
00:10:20also with the Consul General that Aruba,
00:10:24as we did in Venezuela, is
00:10:26ready to send, if necessary,
00:10:30any team of volunteer assistance,
00:10:34Red Cross team, medical team, specialists,
00:10:37any other type of advice that would be
00:10:41necessary at that moment. We are very attentive to
00:10:45that and we also ask the community to stay
00:10:48alert to what the needs will
00:10:51be and how each one of us can contribute.
00:10:55Your contribution can make a difference for the
00:10:59community that has suffered the greatest damage in
00:11:03Colombia. I want the Colombian
00:11:06community of Aruba to know that we are very
00:11:10aware and we are also prepared, and we have already
00:11:14communicated this, to see how Aruba
00:11:17can be useful, can also
00:11:21provide support and help in these difficult moments
00:11:25for
00:11:25Colombia.
00:11:31We begin our international round with a special report
00:11:35we have prepared for all of you about this 7.4
00:11:38magnitude earthquake that affected various
00:11:41buildings in Colombia this morning. As you will see
00:11:45in the images, in the various main cities, we are talking about
00:11:48Medellín, Cali, Bogotá, Pereira,
00:11:52Manizales, were affected by this movement. Luricom.
00:11:55After this tremor, several aftershocks have also
00:11:59occurred. Our colleagues from Noticias Caracol have the
00:12:02information. A 7.4 magnitude earthquake
00:12:06was registered this Monday morning in Colombia. It
00:12:09was felt strongly in several regions of the country. We are talking about the case of
00:12:13Bogotá, the capital, and others like Cali in Valle del Cauca.
00:12:16Subsequently, some aftershocks were registered, one of the most recent being of magnitude
00:12:204.8. The authorities report at this time that
00:12:24several cities nationwide are registering significant
00:12:28damage, mainly what is known
00:12:31here as the coffee region, which includes, among others, Manizales,
00:12:35Armenia, and Pereira. We also mentioned Cali, in
00:12:39Valle del Cauca. On the other hand, it is important to note the following: this
00:12:42seismic movement was registered 20 km from the
00:12:46municipality of San José del Palmar in the department of
00:12:49Chocó, which is in the
00:12:52governor of Chocó states at moment that there is already a preliminary
00:12:56record of injured people, but at this moment the local authorities
00:13:00are trying to determine the exact figure, while it is confirmed that
00:13:04there is extensive material damage. It is important to say
00:13:07the following also: the president of Colombia, Abelardo de la
00:13:10Espriella, ordered the installation of a unified command
00:13:14post for victim assistance.
00:13:17He also assures that he will go directly to the city of Pereira
00:13:21to coordinate precisely assistance to those affected.
00:13:25Additionally, Civil Aeronautics, which here
00:13:28in Colombia is the highest air authority,
00:13:31assures that damage is registered in the airports of
00:13:34Pereira, Manizales, Quibdó, Armenia, Cartago, and
00:13:37Buenaventura, for which air operations at that point are
00:13:41currently suspended. Furthermore, the
00:13:43mayor of Cali, let's remember that this is the third largest
00:13:47city in the country, assures that serious damage has been
00:13:51reported, which is currently being monitored
00:13:55by drones. From Bogotá,
00:13:58Colombia, Adriana Acuestas for the Latin American News
00:14:00Alliance.
00:14:03After this information was released, the recently
00:14:07elected president who took
00:14:11la Aspriella, announced through his X account
00:14:15that he was traveling directly to
00:14:18the current calamity
00:14:20situation.
00:14:22Compatriots, at this moment I am heading
00:14:25to Bogotá. I have ordered the suspension of all the
00:14:29agenda I had in the capital of the Republic to
00:14:32concentrate on the natural disaster
00:14:36that today afflicts our suffering Colombian
00:14:39people. I have called an urgent meeting,
00:14:42a unified command post in the offices of the
00:14:46UNG in Bogotá. There
00:14:49I will be with the entire team making decisions and taking actions.
00:14:53Personally, I will lead
00:14:56these actions to bring solutions to our
00:15:00people in the department of Chocó, in the coffee
00:15:03region, and in other areas of the country that
00:15:07have been affected. You are not alone.
00:15:10Colombia has a president who cares about his people and will
00:15:13do everything in his power to
00:15:16help you in the most difficult moments.
00:15:20Firm for the
00:15:21homeland.
00:15:31For his part, the mayor of Manizales also announced
00:15:35the number of people affected there in these surrounding
00:15:38municipalities and also in Manizales, indicating that
00:15:41they have adopted all containment measures in the face of this
00:15:45earthquake.
00:15:48Manizaleños, we are at the fire department's command post. As
00:15:51you all know, we have just experienced a very tragic
00:15:55and difficult circumstance, a very large earthquake that
00:15:58strongly affected the city of Manizales. Many
00:16:00buildings
00:16:02suffered the impact. We have more than 12
00:16:06buildings that are partially or totally destroyed.
00:16:09We have more than 20 homes that are totally or partially
00:16:13destroyed. We already have two people who
00:16:15died because of the event or in circumstances close to the
00:16:19event. We have many gas leaks and
00:16:22electrical issues. We are attending to them with hundreds of people. At this
00:16:26moment, there are hundreds of engineers structurally
00:16:29reviewing the buildings so that they can be evacuated because the first thing to do
00:16:33is to evacuate. We have Efigas, the city's
00:16:36energy company, reviewing all the connections to prevent this from
00:16:40happening. It's not easy because even though we have
00:16:43firefighters, civil defense, the Red Cross,
00:16:46ALGER, PONALZAR, AUTAL, all
00:16:50working, we are not keeping up. So stay outside as
00:16:53you are, because we don't know if there will be an aftershock. We need to be
00:16:57completely prepared. Do not enter the buildings yet. I know
00:17:01this is not easy, but stay outside at least for a while because there could
00:17:04be an aftershock. Let's be calm. In tranquility,
00:17:08call the 123 fire department line. We are receiving
00:17:11everything. We are going to attend to you immediately.
00:17:15It's not easy. We already spoke with the national government. They
00:17:19will send us operational rescue and assistance units from
00:17:22Bogotá and different parts of the country. For
00:17:26her part, the governor of Valle del Cauca, Dillian
00:17:29Francisca Toro, also gave an update on the number of people
00:17:33affected by this seismic movement. According
00:17:36to her, several people also sadly
00:17:40lost their lives in Cali. We are at the university
00:17:43hospital. Here there was a collapse of some
00:17:46sectors and, of course, there are some people who are
00:17:50trapped. However, firefighters are already here, the army is already
00:17:53here. We are already working so that they can get out and, of course, carrying out the
00:17:57respective evacuations. Also,
00:18:00there was damage in several municipalities. In
00:18:04Calima de Darién, we had the loss of three children,
00:18:07unfortunately, because a wall fell on them and
00:18:11well, they died there. In Zarzal there is also a person who
00:18:15died. In Buenaventura there is also a lot of damage, but
00:18:18well, there are no injured people. And
00:18:21we are, we are receiving, in Río Frío there is a lot
00:18:25of damage, in Calima, above all, there is a lot of damage and the
00:18:28children who died. So, well, it's like the first
00:18:32report, it's the first thing we can tell you, but really the situation is
00:18:35serious and we are working on
00:18:38it. For his part, the general director of the
00:18:41Colombian Seismological Service gave a first
00:18:45report of what happened and which departments and municipalities
00:18:49were affected by this 7.4 magnitude earthquake
00:18:52that affected Colombia today.
00:18:56From the National Seismological Network of Colombia, operated by the Colombian
00:19:00Seismological Service, we inform of the occurrence today at
00:19:037:34 AM of a 7.4 magnitude
00:19:06earthquake with a depth of 88 km.
00:19:10It is the strongest earthquake felt in the last decade in the
00:19:14country, and for that area there are antecedents of earthquakes,
00:19:17particularly on November 23,
00:19:201979, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
00:19:23We have two aftershocks, one of 2.8
00:19:26and another of 4.8 that was recently felt. It
00:19:30was felt in other countries; there are reports of it being felt in
00:19:34Venezuela, in Ecuador, in Panama, and it was
00:19:37felt throughout Colombia. There
00:19:39is damage that we have knowledge of, not through
00:19:43official channels, but through social networks, particularly in the cities
00:19:46of Manizales and Pereira. We
00:19:49will continue to inform from the Colombian Seismological Service and we recommend
00:19:52the population, of course, to remain calm and
00:19:56to receive information from the official channels of the
00:19:59Colombian Seismological Service and the National Unit for Disaster Risk
00:20:03Management. We are going to our commercial break,
00:20:07but we'll be back with more information.
00:20:59Our story was built by people, neighbors helping
00:21:02neighbors, standing side by side with those who trust
00:21:05us, to protect what matters most and help build our
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00:22:42We continue with more information on the front
00:22:45page. According to experts,
00:22:48exercising at least three times a
00:22:51week would help a person maintain excellent
00:22:55health. We are not only talking about physical health, but also mental
00:22:58health. Today on the front page, we are talking about your health, so take
00:23:02care of it.
00:23:10A study published in the journal Biology revealed that
00:23:13three hours a week of weight training
00:23:17serves as the best anti-aging for the
00:23:20body because it acts directly
00:23:23aging. 500 people were followed and
00:23:27blood markers called telomeres were studied.
00:23:31These telomeres, telomeres as such are like a
00:23:34cap that is on the DNA chromosome, and
00:23:38that cap is like, let's imagine, the
00:23:42shoelaces that have a plastic cap, and that plastic cap
00:23:45can wear out, and it wears out over the years. That is the
00:23:48telomere. And that is an indicator of
00:23:51cell aging. It was
00:23:54noted that through weight lifting,
00:23:58consistently, the telomere's function
00:24:01can be stopped and restored. Therefore, you are protecting
00:24:05the DNA and the chromosome, and that is
00:24:09like rejuvenating the
00:24:12cells. Researchers observed that doing exercises with
00:24:15resistance bands allowed the telomeres to lengthen their
00:24:19life, reducing biological
00:24:22aging, because a decrease in telomeres means
00:24:26illness. A decrease in telomeres is also
00:24:29a promoter of chronic diseases.
00:24:32Therefore, the current view of exercise as
00:24:36exercise affects the cell and
00:24:39protects it and creates
00:24:42a shield. 8 years ago and that has a scientific
00:24:45basis, it begins, and they talk about these
00:24:49minutes, that with 10 minutes you already start to
00:24:53have significant changes. It can
00:24:55add up to 180 minutes,
00:24:59so that resistance and strength activity protects the cell.
00:25:02Muscle mass helps metabolism burn fat
00:25:06for cardiovascular
00:25:07health.
00:25:13In our most viral section, we show you these images in which
00:25:17a dolphin and its unfortunately deceased
00:25:20calf are seen on its back, traveling several
00:25:24kilometers.
00:25:26A scene recorded off the coast of Australia brought back into
00:25:30focus the study of grief in marine animals. A
00:25:33video there, an organization dedicated to conservation showed
00:25:37a mother dolphin carrying the body of her dead
00:25:40calf while swimming alongside a group there in South
00:25:44Perth. According to what the entity dedicated to the research
00:25:47and conservation of whales and dolphins published,
00:25:50they identified the mother as Frachley, an individual
00:25:54they had been following for a long time and who, according
00:25:57to their observations, had previously lost three other
00:26:01birth of a new individual during the Southern
00:26:05Hemisphere winter implied an additional
00:26:08difficulty for its survival. In a
00:26:11post on social media, the group indicated that they still maintained
00:26:14expectations that this dolphin could raise
00:26:18its calf. They then suggested that the animal might have died of
00:26:21pneumonia. Specialists consulted indicated that this type of
00:26:25behavior has been documented in different species of
00:26:28dolphins. There, a neuroscientist indicated
00:26:32there, a whale sanctuary that this scene constitutes
00:26:35a mother grieving for her child. In her
00:26:39opinion, one of the most relevant aspects of the video lies in the
00:26:42presence of the rest of the herd that remains close to the female
00:26:46during the transfer of the body.
00:26:49In other news, look at these sad images of some
00:26:53fishermen who were there kayaking and realized
00:26:57that there was a dog, apparently tied to a cliff.
00:27:01This apparently happened in Argentina.
00:27:07a boat on the Paraná River found a dog tied with a
00:27:10rope on a cliff, in what one of the men described as
00:27:14clear animal abuse. The rescue was
00:27:17recorded on video and shared on YouTube, where
00:27:21quickly accumulated praise in the comments section.
00:27:24The images show the moment when the crew of the boat
00:27:28stopped their journey upon spotting the immobilized animal on the shore.
00:27:32One of... the men disembarks, cuts the rope that held the dog
00:27:35tied, and lifts it onto the
00:27:38said, once on board, the dog received caresses and,
00:27:42given the possibility that it hadn't eaten for a long time, they offered it half
00:27:46a milanesa. It sounds like they abandoned it, said one of the men in the
00:27:50video as he observed the isolated place where the dog was.
00:27:54The channel's creator went further and said: I suspect they threw it
00:27:57there, not just abandoned it. If someone knows this dog and knows the person who
00:28:01had it, they know that it's not good, not a good
00:28:04person. The rescuers named it Pellegrini
00:28:08and what followed was partly the journey through the province of Buenos
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00:29:07A video filmed in the Mar del Plata area showed a sea lion entering
00:29:11a sleeping cabin of a fishing vessel, a scene that went
00:29:15viral in recent hours, due to the animal's attitude inside the
00:29:19boat. Far from being agitated by the presence of the
00:29:22crew, the mammal settled on a bunk and
00:29:25remained lying down in a relaxed posture. The sequence there
00:29:29began to circulate on social media after the sailors themselves shared
00:29:33the images of the episode. In the recording, the animal is seen
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00:29:40crew's beds.
00:29:43That's all for our broadcast today, from our entire team that makes
00:29:47Primera Plana possible, we want to thank you for your loyal tuning,
00:29:50remember to stay well connected to our social networks, on Facebook
00:29:54of Primera Plana, also of
00:29:57that happened today with this unfortunate earthquake and
00:30:01the aftershocks that have occurred in Colombia. Continue with the good
00:30:05programming and see you tomorrow.