{"id":520828,"date":"2026-08-11T08:51:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/germany-expresses-its-support-for-the-colombian-people-after-the-devastating-earthquake\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:51:27","slug":"germany-expresses-its-support-for-the-colombian-people-after-the-devastating-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/germany-expresses-its-support-for-the-colombian-people-after-the-devastating-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany expresses its support for the Colombian people after the devastating earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Berlin.-<\/em><\/strong> Germany expressed its support this Tuesday for the Colombian people following the devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake that shook much of the Andean country the day before, causing at least 169 <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/164-espanoles-sin-localizar-tras-el-terremoto-de-colombia-segun-el-gobierno\/\">deaths<\/a> and serious material damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>&#8220;I am following with dismay the news about the serious earthquake in Colombia. My deepest condolences to the victims and their families. I wish much strength to the numerous people who are working in the relief efforts during the coming hours and days,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> wrote the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, on his X account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/aumenta-a-169-la-cifra-de-fallecidos-tras-terremoto-en-colombia-mas-de-900-personas-estan-heridas\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"698312\">Death toll rises to 169 after earthquake in Colombia; more than 600 people are injured<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also their Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul, assured that his thoughts are with the people of Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people have lost their loved ones or are searching for those who remain missing, he pointed out on his social media, and wished a &#8220;speedy recovery&#8221; to the injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>&#8220;The Colombian people can count on our support in these difficult times,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> assured the German conservative politician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of people dead from the 7.4 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale rose to 169, while the injured are now 668, according to a partial report released this Tuesday by the Colombian Association of Capital Cities (Asocapitales).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin.- Germany expressed its support this Tuesday for the Colombian people following the devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake that shook much of the Andean country the day before, causing at least 169 deaths and serious material damage. &#8220;I am following with dismay the news about the serious earthquake in Colombia. My deepest condolences to the victims and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":520829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[43601,13631,44182,40231,40391,40734,40853],"class_list":["post-520828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-breakingnews","tag-colombia","tag-cover","tag-dominican-republic","tag-earthquake","tag-germany","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bus","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Plantilla-para-portal-2026-08-11T084945.641.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Plantilla-para-portal-2026-08-11T084945.641.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}