Venezuelan Quake Rescuers Continue Search After Disaster
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Two months have passed since a double earthquake shook Venezuela and the work of Domingo Pacheco, a volunteer rescuer who arrived in the disaster zone from day one, is far from over. On June 24, two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, with 39 seconds of difference between each, caused one of the most devastating catastrophes in Venezuela’s recent history with about 6,500 dead and an indeterminate number of missing people. Volunteer work leaves…
EFE This 24 August 2026 marks exactly two months of the seismic doubling that shook northern Venezuela on June 24. Two earthquakes of 7.2 magnitude and 7.5, separated by just 39 seconds, with epicenters in the Yaracuy area and the coast of La Guaira, generated the worst natural catastrophe in the country in more than a century. What remained is not only a landscape of ruins, but also the portrait of a State with limited capacity to respond to th…
Humanitarian and government assistance deployment has been ongoing since the early hours of the disaster.
This 53-year-old man joined the coastal state of La Guaira, the hardest hit, after the earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 of June 24th. He has been digging the rubble since then. The disaster caused 6,509 deaths, according to a new official report released on Monday. Domingo Pacheco is looking for the lifeless victims still buried under the debris, the number of which is unknown. An exhausting work that does not leave unscathed. One evening, a…
The extensive destruction caused by subsequent earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and 7.2 that rocked Venezuela just two months ago is still visible on the streets of La Guaira, where the Venezuelan government tries to handle the immediate crisis while balancing a delicate relationship with the US and a process of dialogue with the opposition. With the oil sector under Washington's tutelage since the capture of Nicolás Maduro, in January, the governme…
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