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...news of the cataclysm spread, Colombia was stunned. President Betancur declared the 77 sq. mi. around the volcano a disaster zone. In Bogotá, long lines of blood donors formed outside the local Red Cross building; more than 10,000 pints were collected in less than 24 hours. Residents of the capital streamed to two major collection spots in the city bearing food, blankets, medicine and clothing. By Thursday morning a caravan of 300 trucks carrying thousands of tons of relief material was headed for Tolima department, a five-hour drive over narrow mountain roads...
Lamented Marta Cruz, another Red Cross worker: "We don't have the right medicines, there is no clothing, and the ground is humid. Infection is going to spread." The only food on hand for injured survivors was yogurt and sweet biscuits known locally as frena. Julian Ramírez, a mechanical engineer who had lost his five-year-old daughter in the calamity, feared that hundreds of additional survivors would die for lack of care. "They give us yogurt and frena. What good is that?" he asked...
...Spread out on a sofa in his Parliament House office, Foreign Minister Downer has the answer to that one down pat: "We get imports more cheaply, and we get better access to their export markets. There's no doubt that the net impact on our economy would be very positive." And politically? "An FTA is a way of building a very strong bond with a country," Downer says. He believes the Chinese view Australia as more important to them than before, while Canberra's friendship with Washington gives it "gravitas" in the region. "As China's economic power has grown...
Heading into the last 500 meters, Harvard maintained a solid advantage over Princeton. Though the Tigers’ attempts to even the spread with aggressive moves in the second 1,000 meters, the Crimson held a steady, aggressive pace heading into the final 500 meters...
Aubourg’s presentation started on a grim note, and indeed ended on one as well, as she detailed the stunning lack of information, mobilization, and advocacy that had been conducted either by or on behalf of black people to confront the spread of HIV/AIDS. Galvanized by this dire set of affairs, I sought to make myself more knowledgeable about the crisis, particularly its political dimensions, and set about organizing something that could affect others the same way Aubourg’s presentation had affected...