Colombian minister’s Caribbean holiday amid earthquake crisis stokes fury

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The Colombian housing minister has been criticized for taking a Caribbean holiday amid the country’s earthquake crisis that killed nearly 300 people and left thousands homeless in western Colombia. The earthquake struck shortly after the right-wing president Abelardo de la Espriella took office, intensifying public outrage over government priorities during the disaster.

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. The 7.4-magnitude tremor was the most powerful in Colombia in nearly half a century. Over the weekend, photos and videos emerged...