Rescue workers are in a desperate race against time after the twin 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck the Venezuelan coast destroying over 1,400 buildings in La Guaira.
Tag: Earthquake
International Rescue Teams From 27 Countries Join Venezuela Earthquake Search Operations
More than 2,000 rescue workers from across the globe have arrived in Venezuela coordinated by the United Nations to assist overwhelmed local authorities searching rubble.
Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez Announces Commission to Assess Earthquake Damage and Reconstruction
Rodriguez created a government commission to oversee damage assessment after the twin earthquakes with 774 buildings affected and 189 fully collapsed across the country.
Nicolás Maduro Sends Solidarity Message From Brooklyn Jail Cell to Earthquake-Ravaged Venezuela
Captured former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro released a message on social media Sunday from his detention center in New York expressing solidarity with earthquake victims.
Reports That Venezuelan Government Is Suppressing the Real Earthquake Death Toll Cannot Be Independently Verified
While thousands remain missing official death counts are being questioned but independent journalists and researchers have not been able to confirm or refute suppression claims.
Venezuela Officials Under Scrutiny as Rescue Workers Report Slow Government Response to Earthquake Disaster
Aid organisations and survivors have criticised the Venezuelan government’s coordination of rescue operations with a shortage of heavy machinery hampering the search.
How the Venezuela Earthquake Is a Test Case for Modern International Humanitarian Response
With teams from 27 countries now on the ground the Venezuela disaster is revealing both the strengths and weaknesses of the UN-coordinated global disaster response framework.
As survivors are pulled from rubble of Venezuela earthquakes, relatives of missing hold out hope
Emergency teams continued rescue efforts to locate survivors following major earthquakes in Venezuela.
Senior US officials frustrated by Machado bid to return to Venezuela after quakes, White House official says
The White House expressed frustration over Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s plans to return home.
APTOPIX Venezuela Earthquake
Photographic coverage documenting the structural damage and relief operations in earthquake-hit Venezuela.