Social media claims that US Marines arrived in Venezuela for military purposes are misleading — SOUTHCOM confirmed the deployment is strictly humanitarian disaster aid.
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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.
T&T-Venezuela gas talks under a geopolitical shadow
Geopolitical tensions and US sanctions complicated energy negotiation talks between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
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.
Desperation mounts in Venezuela as the earthquake death toll rises to 1,430
The official death toll from the Venezuelan earthquakes rose to 1,430 as search operations intensified.
Venezuela Government Blames Media Blackout for Slowing International Awareness of Earthquake Damage
UN officials noted more than 200 websites are blocked in Venezuela including local and international news sources and censorship circumvention tools.