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María Corina Machado Says Venezuela Is Blocking Her Return as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Stall

The exiled opposition leader is claiming the regime wants “to bury the truth when Venezuelans want to bury our dead with dignity."

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Search teams spend 6 days combing the rubble of a Venezuela building. Then they pull out the one survivor no one expected

The death toll is officially inching towards 2000.

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Venezuelan police officers arrested over alleged looting after earthquakes

Anger at authorities and government grows as local people, volunteers and rescue teams continue search for survivors

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Anger at Venezuela's Interim Government Over Earthquake Response Spills Into Trump's White House

Public anger over Venezuela's response to last week's catastrophic twin earthquakes is growing into a political crisis for the country's U.S.-backed interim government, putting new pressure on President Donald Trump's administration as Washington tries to manage relief efforts without deepening resentment on the ground.

Latin Times

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

The Independent UK

Toddler rescued from rubble six days after devastating Venezuela earthquakes

The boy, identified as Klieber Moran, was the only reported survivor found on the sixth day of the ongoing search

The Guardian - UK

María Corina Machado Says Venezuela's Regime Is Blocking Her Return as She Tries to Reach Quake-Ravaged Country

María Corina Machado said she is ready to return to Venezuela after the devastating twin earthquakes that have left the country in mourning, but accused the Delcy Rodríguez-led government of trying to keep her out by closing the country's airspace and threatening those willing to help her come back.

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Venezuelans continue search for survivors as earthquake death toll surpasses 1,700

Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues

The Independent UK

Venezuela’s opposition leader in exile says she will do ‘whatever it takes’ to return to help earthquake victims

Machado, currently in Panama, accuses Venezuelan government of blocking her attempt to return

The Independent UK

Venezuela: Things could change

Bad things happen, and some of them are nobody's fault. Big earthquakes in Venezuela are about a century apart (1812, 1902, 2026), so you can't blame the planners and the politicians for not being well prepared for this one. How high a priority should they have given to an event…

Bangkok Post

The Guardian view on Venezuela’s earthquake: a test of state capacity and Trump’s promises

Editorial: A natural disaster provides unforgiving clarity in a country already reeling from years of crisis and the unlawful US seizure of Nicolás Maduro

The Guardian - UK

Venezuela earthquakes aftershock hits near capital city as man rescued from rubble after being trapped for 106 hours – as it happened

No damage reported in 4.6 magnitude aftershock; At least 1,450 people are known to have died in initial quakes but number is expected to rise

The Guardian - UK

‘Every life is hope’: Two boys, both 11, rescued from rubble as Venezuela toll passes 1,450

"There aren't enough hands, and it is very, very likely that there are still people trapped."

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Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding earthquake survivors

Experts say the first 72 hours after natural disasters define the narrow window for rescuing the living. After that the search usually becomes one of recovering bodies.

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The Guardian - UK

Mortuary in Caracas ‘overwhelmed’ as Venezuela struggles to respond after earthquakes

Volunteers provide counselling and funeral directors donate coffins after loss of at least 1,430 lives

The Times of India

Venezuela quake: Race against time as rescuers battle rubble to find survivors; death toll tops 1400

Venezuela grapples with the aftermath of devastating twin earthquakes as the crucial 72-hour rescue window closes, dimming hopes for survivors. The death toll has tragically surpassed 1,430, with thousands injured and displaced. International aid and rescue teams are arriving, but damaged infrastructure, including hospitals, poses significant challenges, leaving an estimated…

The Guardian - UK

Venezuelan earthquakes test Trump’s new western hemisphere policy after gutting of USAID

Marco Rubio is scrambling to provide effective disaster response to country whose president US deposed in January

Euronews

More than 68,000 people still missing in Venezuela after devastating earthquakes

A preliminary estimate from the United Nations Development Programme put the cost of direct physical damage caused by the quakes at $6.7 billion.

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France 24

'What are they waiting for?': Frustration grows at govt reponse as Venezuela quake death toll rises

Frustration mounted in Venezuela's state of La Guaira on Saturday as rescuers and civilians used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands to look for survivors of the devastating twin earthquakes that killed at least 1,450 people. Many citizens have been critical of what they say is an inadequate response…

The Economic Times

Venezuela earthquake toll hits 1,430, close to 69,000 people still missing, tension rises over 'inadequate response' by government as rescue teams running out of time to save lives, claim reports

Venezuela earthquake toll latest update: Search teams and foreign aid continued to arrive from Mexico, the U.S., Brazil, El Salvador, France and elsewhere.

The Independent UK

Race against time to save 51,000 missing people in Venezuela earthquake rubble

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The Independent UK

Time running out in Venezuela as 51,000 still missing in earthquake rubble

The official death toll has reached 920

The Economic Times

Venezuela earthquakes death toll: Over 920 dead, more than 51,000 missing, 3,300 critically injured as people allege limited state rescue teams in hardest quake hit areas

Death toll from Venezuela earthquakes is rising as aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours to be a crucial time frame to retrieve people alive.

The Independent UK

Crucial window for rescuing survivors narrows as Venezuela enters third day after deadly twin quakes

The situation has grown more desperate by the hour in Venezuela as people dig through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings

Latin Times

Race Against the Rubble: Hundreds Still Trapped as Venezuela's Toll Continues to Climb

Venezuela's quake toll passes 920 as rescuers from a dozen-plus nations race the 72-hour clock to reach survivors trapped along the battered coast. The dead span several nationalities — among them Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian, Chinese and Chilean citizens.

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