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Firefighters from Venezuela and France fight several fires in Bolivia
November 22 |
International assistance arrives to Bolivia to fight fires in the northern regions of La Paz and Beni. At least 30 Venezuelan firefighters are already in national territory and another 100 French firefighters will arrive in the country in the coming hours.
President Emmanuel Macron, wrote on his Facebook account, “I would like to express France’s solidarity with Bolivia, which is facing major forest fires. A hundred of our firefighters are preparing to leave in the coming hours to help their Bolivian colleagues.”
The firefighters will head to the towns of San Buenaventura and Rurrenabaque and will remain in the affected areas for as long as necessary.
These contingents have the mission to support their Bolivian colleagues who are overwhelmed by the large number of outbreaks, despite experiencing a reduction due to recent rains.
The drought has caused the forest fire season to last for more than four months, even making it necessary to suspend classes and delay and affect commercial flights, especially in the regions of Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Beni.
Before the provision of aid, the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce was grateful and wrote in his X account: “We appreciate the gesture of solidarity of the president of France (…) today he has informed us of the forthcoming arrival of a hundred firefighters to support our fight against the fires. We emphasize the prompt responses of brotherly countries, which strengthen the bonds of cooperation between our peoples”.
It was also announced that another contingent of 40 Venezuelan forest firefighters will arrive later to reinforce the mitigation actions, these will arrive by order of President Nicolás Maduro. These firefighters are part of the Simón Bolívar Humanitarian Force, a group experienced in combating natural disasters.
The Bolivian government also met with ambassadors from Brazil, Spain, France, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Russia, China and with representatives of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to request international aid.
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