The EU will pledge more than €31 million in humanitarian aid for vulnerable populations in Latin America and the Caribbean, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, announced on Monday 19 March from Columbia, where he was on an official visit.
The money, to be taken from the budget of ECHO, the Commission's humanitarian aid and civil protection service, will pay for emergency aid and assistance in preparing the local communities to face...