'I've had many obstacles in my life, but this was the hardest' -Grandmother moves into new home years after deadly Mexico quake

Record ID: 1449903

  • Title: 'I've had many obstacles in my life, but this was the hardest' -Grandmother moves into new home years after deadly Mexico quake
  • Date: 24th December 2019
  • Summary: GUADALUPE IN HER BATHROOM (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MEXICAN GRANDMOTHER WHO FINALLY MOVED INTO A NEW HOME OVER TWO YEARS AFTER HERS WAS DAMAGED IN EARTHQUAKE, MARIA GUADALUPE VIVEROS, SAYING: "I've had many obstacles in my life, but this was the hardest that I had for sure. It's an insecurity, it's like you're losing everything to have lost your home. And, now I can barely believe it because I'm in my home, under my roof, which has given me a lot of security." VARIOUS, GUADALUPE SHOWING THINGS IN HER HOME (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MEXICAN GRANDMOTHER WHO FINALLY MOVED INTO A NEW HOME OVER TWO YEARS AFTER HERS WAS DAMAGED IN EARTHQUAKE, MARIA GUADALUPE VIVEROS, SAYING: "The biggest thanks I have to give is to the government. They didn't charge us anything for all these marvellous things; above all my precious apartment that I showed off." GUADALUPE SPEAKING TO NEIGHBORS RESIDENTS OF NEW APARTMENT BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) 76-YEAR-OLD MEXICAN RETIREE WHO RECENTLY MOVED INTO APARTMENT, SERGIO GARCIA, SAYING: "So, I thank God for returning again. I thank the government who helped us recover our home." VARIOUS, GUADALUPE IN APARTMENT BUILDING GUADALUPE EXITS APARTMENT BUILDING WEARING HARD HAT NEW APARTMENT BUILDING EXTERIOR
  • Embargoed: 7th January 2020 14:57
  • Keywords: Maria Guadalupe Mexico September 2017 apartment complex damage earthquake homes rebuild reconstruction
  • Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
  • Reuters ID: LVA003BBC4YMF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: 78-year-old Mexican grandmother Maria Guadalupe Viveros received an early Christmas present this year when she was able to move back into an apartment over two years after a deadly 2017 earthquake damaged hers irreparably.
    The 7.1 strength September 2017 earthquake killed some 369 people and damaged countless buildings across several states in central and southern Mexico.
    The apartment complex where Guadalupe lived at the time of the tremor was structurally damaged and some of the buildings collapsed killing nine people. Guadalupe was forced out of her home of 62 years and lived for some time in a temporary tent camp and later with friends and relatives.
    The Mexico City government agreed to finance the reconstruction of the apartment complex and on December 08 of this year Guadalupe finally moved back into her own home.
    Guadalupe is a retired teacher who has a son and grandson that live in the United States and is one of the first 45 out of some 500 people and families that will move back into her apartment complex.
    (Production: Roberto Ramirez, Manuel Carrillo)
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