Venezuela leader jeered as rescue efforts hampered

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez has been jeered by residents devastated by the earthquakes.

Venezuela quakes kill almost 1,500, with millions more in need

The death toll in Venezuela’s twin earthquake disaster reached 1,430 Saturday, and millions more were feared to lack sanitation and other basic needs, as the first US aid flights trickled into Caracas. Facing public outrage at the response by local officials, US-backed interim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez said the country was “not alone”. The US said one runway at Simon Bolivar International Airport was now functioning and that C-17 US military planes were landing there, while a naval sh...

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Venezuela: Survivors say rescue effort too slow

Nearly 7 million people may have been affected by the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela this week, the United Nations said on Saturday, as the death toll approached 1,000 and tens of thousands remained missing. The UN said up to 6.76 million people could have been impacted, including around two million residents of the capital, Caracas. Shirli Sitbon reports.

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Venezuela welcomes 1,600 foreign rescuers in urgent search for quake survivors

Venezuela’s government said on Saturday that 1,600 members of foreign rescue teams had arrived to help search for survivors of the devastating twin earthquakes, which killed more than 900 people this week, as it tightened access to the worst-affected state. Residents and volunteers in La Guaira, a popular destination for beachgoers where at least 100 buildings, many residential high-rises, were destroyed or damaged, have for days decried shortages of heavy equipment and a limited official pre...

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Venezuela earthquakes kill almost 1,500, with millions more in need

The death toll in Venezuela's twin earthquake disaster reached 1,430 Saturday, and millions more were feared to lack sanitation and other basic needs as the first US aid flights trickled into Caracas. The post Venezuela earthquakes kill almost 1,500, with millions more in need appeared first on Vanguard News.

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Video: Dutch rescue team arrives in Venezuela as earthquake death toll reaches 920

A Dutch Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team arrived in Venezuela early Saturday morning to assist in the aftermath of this week’s devastating earthquakes.

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