Manizales Reconstruction: Latinia’s Commitment to the City

At Latinia, our good mornings are seven hours apart. Half the company is in Barcelona, the other half in Manizales.

On August 10, 2026, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia. Our colleagues and their families are safe. The city that has been our home for years has not been as fortunate, and rebuilding Manizales will take months.

Our commitment

Latinia will allocate 2.5% of its revenue in the region to support the reconstruction and recovery of Manizales.

We are channeling this contribution through two organizations with a local presence and the capacity to take action on the ground:

• Manizales Chamber of Commerce for Caldas
• Colombian Red Cross, Caldas Branch

This is not a one-off donation or an emergency response. It is a long-term commitment, because rebuilding a city does not happen during the weeks of greatest media attention, but in the months that follow.

What happened and how we responded

Our priority on the first day was simple: to know where everyone was. We reached 100% of our colleagues in the city. All of them and their families were safe. Our offices sustained no significant damage, and Latinia’s corporate infrastructure was unaffected.

We activated our business continuity protocols immediately. Teams in other regions took over the most critical tasks and services while the Manizales team gradually returned to work. We informed our clients that same day and continued to keep them updated until operations had fully returned to normal.

At no point was there any disruption to our service.

Working with critical infrastructure for financial institutions means being prepared for scenarios like this. But the fact that our team is safe and our service never stopped does not mean the city is fine.

Why we are supporting the reconstruction of Manizales

Precisely because we have been able to breathe a sigh of relief, our thoughts are with those who could not. With the victims. With the injured. With those who lost everything in a city that is also our own.

Manizales is one of Latinia’s two main offices and home to many of our colleagues. It is a city that welcomed us and has become part of our history as a company. Supporting it now is the most direct way we can give back some of what it has given us.

We do so out of the responsibility that comes with being a company with deep roots in the city, and from a simple conviction: when the place that welcomed you needs you, you show up.

To Manizales and the surrounding communities: thank you for welcoming us all these years. We were here yesterday. We are here today. And we will still be here when this is no longer in the news.

The Latinia team