Venezuela is included in the development plan The risk of natural disasters goes worst in South America, among other

things, because of the weather change, said lvaro De Vicente, coordinator of the support programs of the European Commission in the area, in the announcement of the 15 millions of Euros investment for prevention projects. Latin America and the Caribbean lost annually 56 millions of dollar due to natural disasters, the highest figure in the world, and is the second, after Asia, which suffers more catastrophic natural events, said De Vicente, chief of the South Americans General Direction of Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission. Investing the seventh part than is invest fixing the consequence of the natural disasters, it could have a so much more consistent development policy, he said. Also added, that South America is exposed to all kind practically of natural disasters: earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides, drought and floods Is a risk zone but is getting worse said De Vicente, pointing to causes of the human activity and the weather change that also helps to the natural disasters being more unpredictable According to him: theres no any place prepared for a natural disaster and recalled that the last earthquake in Japan, showed that even in that nation, that has the best conditions to face that kind of events, failed. In the case of Ecuador, said that because of its conditions practically one hundred percent of the people is in risk of a natural disaster About South America, considered that there is a very important part of the people who is on risk, and because of that, the European Commission has invested since 1994 around 150 millions of Euros, more than a third of which is intended to disasters prevention programs and reduction of the risks. lvaro said that in 2011 and 2012, the Commission allocated 15 millions of Euros (almost 22 millions of dollars) in the area to help to the most vulnerable to respond to the emergencies through 25 projects, of which four are regional. The programs are developing in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia, country that concentrates the biggest amount of invest. In Ecuador, the Commission will spend more than 2 millions of Euros (almost 3 millions of dollars). De Vicente pointed that in this year, it will be working more in the urban scope, insomuch as the vulnerabilities what are growing in the South American cities provokes an bigger exposition to risks of natural disasters.