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The European Union says it has allocated 20 million euros ($21.8 million) worth of humanitarian aid to Haiti after gang violence plunged the Caribbean country into renewed chaos. "An unprecedented level of gang violence is dramatically increasing humanitarian needs across the country. The funding will help humanitarian partners to address the most urgent needs of the population," says European Commission spokesman Balazs Ujvari. SOUNDBITE
Les Cayes, Aug 22 (EFE).- The main armed gangs in Haiti said Sunday they have accepted a truce to allow the distribution of humanitarian aid to the thousands affected by the earthquake last week, which caused at least 2,207 deaths and more than 12,000 injured. (Camera: MARIA MONTECELOS) SHOT LIST: A HALF-BUILT CHURCH AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN LES CAYES, HAITI.
Panama City, Aug 19 (EFE) (Camera: Carlos Lemos) .- The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) sent 37 tons of humanitarian aid to Haiti this Thursday from Panama, devastated by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake last Saturday, which left almost 2,000 dead and thousands more affected.FOOTAGE OF THE HUMANITARIAN AID THAT LEAVES PANAMA TO HAITI AND THE PLANE BEING CHARGED.
Panama City, Apr 10 (EFE/EPA).-A chartered flight from Mexico with 123 Ecuadorian citizens who had been stranded in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and two tons of two tons of medical supplies and tents took off from Panama City on Friday en route to for Ecuador(Camera: BIENVENIDO VELASCO).FOOTAGE SHOWS THE DEPARTURE OF THE PLANE CARRYING HUMANITARIAN AID AND STRANDED ECUADORIAN CITIZENS FROM THE PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA, TOWARDS ECUADOR..
"The seven souls we mourn today were there so that hungry people could eat," chef Jose Andres says of the World Central Kitchen staffers who were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, during remarks at a ceremony honoring their lives at the Washington National Cathedral. SOUNDBITE