Buenaventura residents criticise state neglect after Colombia’s earthquake

Chronic under-investment

In Buenaventura alone, some 540 homes have collapsed and 3,416 sustained damage. Some 330 residents were injured.

But at the Luis Ablanque de la Plata District Hospital, several wards have been out of operation following the earthquake.

The injured lie by the dozens in beds under tents outside in the ho...