Thousands are dead, thousands more injured and missing. The earthquakes in Colombia and Venezuela have been devastating. And while there are similarities in the neighboring countries, an expert told us the biggest difference is in the rebuilding phase right now: One country prepared and trained for the response– the other didn’t.
Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa spoke with Dulce Suarez, Assistant Director of the Academy for International Disaster Preparedness at Florida International University, as well as Ashley Moran, research scientist and lecturer in the University of Texas at Austin, and author of the USAID study, “Fragility and Climate Risks in Colombia.”
“You hear so many people referring to a crisis on a crisis,” said Moran.
And not too far, in the Caribbean, people are going days without running water in Puerto Rico. A problem journalists on the island say could’ve and should’ve been avoided.
To zoom in on this longstanding issue, Maria Hinojosa spoke with journalists and producers for the Futuro Studios show, “La Brega,” Laura Pérez and Ezequiel Rodríguez Andino, who have been living and reporting on the ground in Puerto Rico.
“There’s a lot of frustration, confusion and a resignation,” said Rodríguez Andino.
Host: Maria Hinojosa
Producer: Levi Sharpe
Editor: Fernanda Echavarri
Fact Checker: Roxana Aguirre
Social Media: Mary Juarez
Engineer: Julia Caruso
Managing Editor: Fernanda Echavarri
Executive Producers: Peniley Ramirez and Maria Hinojosa
Thousands are dead, thousands more injured and missing. The earthquakes in Colombia and Venezuela have been devastating. And while there are similarities in the neighboring countries, an expert told us the biggest difference is in the rebuilding phase right now: One country prepared and trained for the response– the other didn’t.
Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa spoke with Dulce Suarez, Assistant Director of the Academy for International Disaster Preparedness at Florida International University, as well as Ashley Moran, research scientist and lecturer in the University of Texas at Austin, and author of the USAID study, “Fragility and Climate Risks in Colombia.”
“You hear so many people referring to a crisis on a crisis,” said Moran.
And not too far, in the Caribbean, people are going days without running water in Puerto Rico. A problem journalists on the island say could’ve and should’ve been avoided.
To zoom in on this longstanding issue, Maria Hinojosa spoke with journalists and producers for the Futuro Studios show, “La Brega,” Laura Pérez and Ezequiel Rodríguez Andino, who have been living and reporting on the ground in Puerto Rico.
“There’s a lot of frustration, confusion and a resignation,” said Rodríguez Andino.
Host: Maria Hinojosa
Producer: Levi Sharpe
Editor: Fernanda Echavarri
Fact Checker: Roxana Aguirre
Social Media: Mary Juarez
Engineer: Julia Caruso
Managing Editor: Fernanda Echavarri
Executive Producers: Peniley Ramirez and Maria Hinojosa
