Vigil in Venezuela Marks 100 Days Since Earthquakes Devastated Coastal State of La Guaira
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A beam of light created with spotlights crossed the sky of La Guaira, Venezuela, on Friday night, during a vigil in honor of the victims of the two earthquakes that hit the country a hundred days ago. About 400 people participated in the ceremony in a land where before there was a building that collapsed during the earthquakes.
According to the Government's last report of 24 August, the earthquakes left 6,509 dead; the number of missing persons is unknown.
About 400 people gathered on a plot of land where there was a building destroyed by the earthquake in the coastal state of La Guaira, some 40 kilometres from Caracas. "We will still love you, my daughter," one could read on the car of the family of Francelis Iriarte, a 16-year-old girl who died in the collapse of her building in front of her parents who were returning from the supermarket. Volunteers distributed white candles during the ceremony…
A Vigil in Venezuela Pays Tribute to Victims 100 Days After Earthquakes · Global Voices
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PentapostagmaEmotional ceremony in Carabayeda, at the site where apartment buildings were leveled by the 7.2 and 7.5 Richter magnitude earthquakes
Hundreds of candles lit the sky on Friday night to honour the thousands of victims of the double earthquake just 100 days ago.
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