Wednesday briefing: After two powerful earthquakes, what is the reality on the ground in Venezuela?

In today’s newsletter: A country already in crisis since the removal of its leader earlier this year by the US, now has to find a way to rebuild with little state presence in evidence The shaking seemed to come from nowhere. In a moment captured by fishers off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, two earthquakes struck seconds apart. Plumes of dust appear where buildings once stood in the recording as the camera rises and falls with the swell. The men rapidly head for the shore in search of their fam...

By Patrick Greenfield

Raid to relief as US military aids Venezuela after twin earthquakes

The US military has established a robust footprint of US forces in and around Venezuela to support relief operations, with more than 900 personnel inside the country and another roughly 800 in Caribbean hubs Puerto Rico and Curacao, according to the top US general for Latin America. General Francis Donovan, the commander of US Southern Command, said US forces had participated in search-and-rescue operations, helped get the airport up and running and mobilised air and naval assets to ‌allow fo...

By Reuters

Toddler trapped under rubble rescued six days after Venezuela earthquakes

Critical 72-hour window in which survivors were most likely to be found passed days ago

By Stuti Mishra

Rescuers in Venezuela pluck child alive from collapsed building six days after twin quakes

Puppy survives 5 days under Venezuela earthquake rubble, thanks rescuers with kisses

Between silence and shouts, rescuers dig for Venezuela twin quake survivors

More than 100 people stood silently on Tuesday in the road alongside what used to be the Los Cocos public housing complex in Venezuela’s La Guaira state. For 10 minutes, interrupted only by the occasional cellphone ring or shout from a rescuer, people strained their ears for any sound of survivors of the twin earthquakes […]