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 BELALCAZAR, Colombia (AP) - President Alvaro Uribe vowed Thursday to rebuild roads and bridges swept away by floods and avalanches after the long-dormant volcano erupted in southwest Colombia.
Uribe pledged state funds for the reconstruction effort while visiting some of the 3,000 farmers who were forced to evacuate when the Nevado del Huila volcano exploded Tuesday.
"The bridges, roads and energy transmission lines can all be recovered," Uribe told the residents who relocated to the town of Belalcazar, 170 miles southwest of the capital of Bogota. "Thank God there were no human victims."
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