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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Juan Pablo Arraez and Megan Janetsky

From the rubble in Venezuela, an unexpected story of survival cuts through days of tragedy

A mix of rescue teams and civilians on Sunday peered at a mountain of rubble almost indistinguishable from the other ruins lining swathes of the northern Venezuelan coast following two devastating earthquakes.

In the days since Wednesday's devastating 7.2 and 7.5 quakes, search teams and locals had believed that there were no signs of life under the concrete mass in La Guaira state, one of the hardest-hit areas.

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