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Colombian minister under fire over beach holiday post-quake

Rescuers work at a collapsed building after a 7.4- magnitude earthquake in Cali, Colombia, on August 16, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

BOGOTá - Colombia's new housing minister has come under fire after it emerged that he took his family on a Caribbean holiday while the country was reeling from a devastating earthquake that left thousands homeless.

The August 10 earthquake, which killed nearly 300 people in western Colombia, struck just three days after right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella took office.

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