Authorities say more than 86,000 families have received assistance, while over 17,000 people remain in temporary camps and 1,171 aftershocks have been recorded since the disaster.
A nation struggling to rebuild after a devastating disaster is now looking toward frozen reserves stored overseas. Venezuela’s push to access its gold has reopened a long-running international dispute.
The Indian Embassy in Caracas has urged Venezuelan authorities to investigate allegations surrounding the death of Indian seafarer Rakesh Chauhan after his family claimed a second post-mortem in India found several internal organs missing.
Venezuela has announced seven days of national mourning after the death toll from the June 24 earthquakes climbed to 2,295. Rescue operations continue as thousands remain affected and temporary relief camps expand.
The family of Indian seafarer Rakesh Chauhan has sought an investigation after a re-autopsy in Uttar Pradesh reportedly found multiple internal organs absent from his body, leaving doctors unable to determine the cause of death.
The devastation caused by Venezuela’s twin earthquakes will ultimately be measured not only by the number of lives lost, but by what the disaster reveals about the strength ~ or weakness ~ of the institutions expected to protect citizens when catastrophe strikes.
1,430 dead. 3,238 injured. 3,142 families displaced. 430 aftershocks recorded. That is Venezuela's earthquake toll five days after two powerful quakes struck on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of rescue workers are still searching.
Donald Trump said a US military operation carried out with Venezuelan cooperation killed alleged Tren de Aragua leader Niño Guerrero, who was wanted by US authorities on multiple criminal charges.
She helped keep Sean 'Diddy' Combs off death row. Now Anna Estevao is walking into a bigger courtroom, with a bigger client, and even higher stakes.
Trump’s remarks linking Cuba to recent US actions in Venezuela and Iran, along with sharp criticism of NATO, signal a tougher and more unpredictable foreign policy stance.
