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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 Guardian - UK

How the Venezuelan people and diaspora are driving earthquake relief

“Nieves, there’s been an earthquake in Venezuela.” This was how Gabriela, a Venezuelan friend of mine, interrupted our phone conversation when the news came in. She was in Berlin, and as a new mother she had not been sleeping much. Her tiredness quickly evaporated.

The Conversation

My Family Fled Socialism. Then I Voted for Bernie Sanders.

An immigrant's journey to the radical left and back

Reason

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America's Most Wanted Venezuelan Official? Florida Republicans Want Trump to Capture Diosdado Cabello After Clash With U.S. Rescuers

Florida lawmakers are urging the White House to move against Diosdado Cabello, one of the most powerful men in Venezuela and one of the most wanted Venezuelan officials in the United States, after an angry exchange with American rescue workers deployed to help after twin earthquakes devastated the country's northwestern…

Latin Times

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

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

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Five Days On, Venezuela's Quake Rescue Defies The Clock — And The U.S. Becomes Its Lifeline

Five days after Venezuela's twin earthquakes, the death toll reached 1,450 with 12,721 people newly homeless and an estimated 680,000 children needing aid. Rescues continued past the 72-hour window — including a woman freed after 86 hours — as the U.S. military shifted from rescue to logistics, sending airmen to…

Latin Times

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

The Guardian - UK

Venezuela quake death toll reaches 920 as interim president vows to save ‘as many as possible’

Delcy Rodríguez says foreign rescue teams are arriving as anger grows at official response and limited resources

The Guardian - UK

Venezuela earthquakes add tragic new layer to the country’s humanitarian crisis

Venezuela has a well-documented vulnerability to earthquakes. The country sits on the boundary between the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates, resulting in routine tremors and causing historical earthquake disasters. But the experience of a “doublet”, a pair of 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes 40 seconds apart, on June 24 was…

The Conversation

Venezuelans hope online posts will bring news of missing after devastating earthquakes

People in Venezuela and abroad are desperately searching for loved ones after two powerful earthquakes struck Wednesday evening

The Independent UK

Things to know about the Venezuela earthquakes

A rare double earthquake ravaged Venezuela on Wednesday, killing at least 188 people and leaving more than 200 trapped

The Independent UK

Rescue teams race to Venezuela amid fears thousands killed in earthquakes

US among countries sending help to search for survivors on north coast, where dozens of buildings flattened, as official death toll reaches 235

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‘Paralysed by fear’: Venezuelans tell of escape and loss after huge earthquakes

People in Caracas and coastal towns describe powerful quakes that collapsed buildings and killed at least 164

Latin Times

Thousands of Venezuelans Seek Missing Loved Ones as Internet Censorship Complicates Earthquake Response

As Venezuelans searched desperately for relatives following the twin powerful earthquakes that struck the country, many also faced another obstacle: the inability to freely access some of the country's most important digital platforms and independent news outlets.

The Independent UK

Trump offers to help ‘great friends’ in Venezuela after devastating earthquakes leave dozens dead

Addressing the situation in Venezuela, President Trump claimed that ‘early reports are not good’ amid estimates thousands may have been killed

Euronews

Venezuela plans biggest debt restructuring in history after Maduro's fall

Delcy Rodríguez’s interim government plans to acknowledge a $240 billion debt, far above market estimates, in a bid to return Venezuela to global markets.

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Latin Times

Maduro Breaks Silence From New York Detention, Praising Chávez, Bolívar and His Own Father

Nicolás Maduro has broken his public silence nearly six months after being removed from Venezuela and taken to New York by U.S. authorities, using Father's Day to publish a lengthy message describing what he called the "five dimensions" of being a father.

The Guardian - US

Mystery of hit on Tren de Aragua leader: is it linked to US mining plans in Venezuela?

Trump boasted of assassinating Héctor Guerrero Flores but details are scarce and experts doubt it will harm drug trade

International Business Times

Trump Says Cuba Invasion Akin To Maduro Capture By US Possible

The US president has been flaunting the US dominance in the Western Hemisphere in his second term. Cuba's Ambassador to the US Lianys Torres Rivera said earlier in June that recent sanctions against the country's leadership are a "pretext" to conduct a military intervention.

Latin Times

U.S. Judge Denies Bail to Former Congressman David Rivera After Conviction in Venezuela Lobbying Case

A federal judge in Miami has denied a request for bail from former Republican Congressman David Rivera, who was convicted earlier this year of acting as an unregistered foreign agent and conspiring to launder money in a secret lobbying operation tied to the Venezuelan government.

The Guardian - US

Trump derails confirmation process for Jay Clayton as US intelligence chief

Move will allow Trump’s controversial pick, Bill Pulte, to assume role and remain in place for at least several weeks

Latin Times

Maduro's Next Court Hearing May Be Pushed Back Because of the World Cup

In a June 15 filing cited by Mexican outlet Milenio, prosecutors argued that the postponement was necessary because of scheduling and security concerns tied to the World Cup.

The Conversation

Prediction markets are opening many new opportunities for unregulated insider trading and unethical bets – in the name of making a game out of politics

Arrests for betting on the U.S. military operation that removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Death threats from gamblers to a journalist reporting on an Iranian missile attack on Israel. Fears of government officials manipulating world events – including the Iran war – to make a quick buck.

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