'Many rescuers left without helping us': After the earthquakes in Venezuela, a family's despair as they dig through the rubble with their bare hands

A growing anger is being directed at the authorities, as those affected by the earthquake accuse the elected officials of La Guaira, a coastal city north of Caracas, of being absent and providing insufficient resources for rescue efforts.

Ronaldo sends message to Venezuelan earthquake survivor

Cristiano Ronaldo has sent a message to a young Venezuelan earthquake survivor, recovering in hospital.

US military deploys MTVRs, airlifts aid to Venezuela following deadly earthquakes

The USS Fort Lauderdale and Marine Corps vehicles support Venezuela earthquake relief as the death toll nears 2,000 and continues to rise.

Fallout from Venezuela’s quakes turns political, as opposition leader Machado seeks return

The fallout from Venezuela’s powerful twin quakes has evolved into a major test for acting President Delcy Rodriguez, sending her scrambling to prevent the humanitarian disaster from becoming a political one as her mandate as interim leader expires on Friday. A day after Rodriguez angrily defended the competence of her government’s relief effort at her first news conference since the June 24 disaster, her main rival, exiled Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado, issued he...

By Associated Press

Foreign rescue workers help with recovering Venezuela's quake victims

With little hope of finding loved ones alive, frustrated families of those affected by Venezuela's double earthquakes clamored for help to recover their loved one's bodies Friday as uncertainty grew over the death toll from the tragedy. Authorities on Friday reported a total of 2,645 deaths and more than 12,000 wounded from the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck the country last week, with most fatalities in the coastal town of La Guaira, where scores of residential complexes were ...

By FRANCE24

‘One positive thing in all the bad’: Venezuelan earthquake survivors reunite with missing pets at McDonald’s

The makeshift hospital was born one day after the back-to-back earthquakes

By Matias Delacroix and Megan Janetsky

Venezuelans frustrated by quake response want new presidential elections

Nearly half of respondents to a poll conducted after the disaster said that holding new elections is more urgent than rebuilding.

Families demand help with recovering Venezuela's quake victims

Authorities reported 2,645 deaths and more than 12,000 injured as rescue operations began to wind down after the earthquakes.

Venezuelans in NZ fundraise for quake survivors

Every second Venezuelan here knows someone who has been affected, a community member says.