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International aid teams have played a key part in Venezuela’s ‘miracle rescues’, days after twin earthquakes struck.
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International aid teams have played a key part in Venezuela’s ‘miracle rescues’, days after twin earthquakes struck.
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Venezuela marked its Independence Day amid the aftermath of twin earthquakes and sweeping political change following the U.S.-led removal of Nicolás Maduro.
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The medical system in Venezuela was already under stress even before the earthquake. Now, medications and doctors are scarce but the need for all kinds of medical care is increasing.
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The UN and its partners are ramping up assistance for people affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela, working alongside the Government's response effort, as a new UN estimate puts direct physical damage at $37 billion.
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BBC international correspondent Yogita Limayee meets 12-year-old Fabiana, who was trapped in Venezuela's devastating earthquakes.
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Fabiana was trapped in the rubble of a 10-storey residential building after two earthquakes rocked Venezuela in June.
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After the June 24 earthquakes, ex-firefighter Jesus Garcia found himself working to save his dad and younger brothers.
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Interim president says unrest will not break out despite anger at official response to the 24 June disaster Venezuela’s interim president has defended her country’s emergency response to the twin earthquakes that have killed more than 3,000 people, vowing the country would not descend into social unrest. Many Venezuela
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Rescue teams in Venezuela’s La Guaira State say they’re never going to give up their search for earthquake survivors.
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Quakes reduce Venezuela tourist town to rubble, leaving economy in tatters.
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Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez dismissed criticism of the government's response.
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Many survivors are sheltering in tents set up in public parks, after twin earthquakes destroyed rows of buildings.
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The disaster has overwhelmed local services, with bodies put outside or in tents for identification.
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Venezuela's interim president defends the government's handling of the deadly earthquakes amid mounting criticism.
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Venezuela's US-backed acting president Delcy Rodriguez has issued a fiery defence of her government's response to last week's devastating earthquakes - which has claimed the lives of 2,645 people.
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Hernán Gil was trapped under a collapsed multi-storey car park.
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Emergency relief is becoming the focus in Venezuela’s La Guaira state as aid stations distribute food.
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Thousands remain missing more than a week after the twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, as the search for loved ones continues, even after nightfall.
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Attention has turned to the humanitarian response after at least 2,295 people are confirmed dead, and 13,000 homeless.
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Security guard Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, 43, initially told rescuers not to tell his wife in case he did not survive A 43-year-old security guard who survived last week’s devastating earthquakes in Venezuela thanks to a pocket of air in his workstation cabin has been pulled from the collapsed basement of a shopping ce
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They landed on Flight 164 just before the twin quakes. Family members are desperately searching for them.
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A week after earthquakes tore through northern Venezuela, hospitals in La Guaira are buckling under the weight of the disaster – and the risk of disease outbreaks in shelters is rising fast.
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The hantavirus global outbreak is officially over, Ebola outbreaks are growing in Africa and responders are helping recovery efforts in quake-hit Venezuela, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Thursday, announcing updates on global health emergencies.
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In Venezuela, international emergency crews — including a team from LA — are working tirelessly to reach people still missing after last week's devastating earthquakes.
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Venezuelan rescuers fight to save lives as survivors face hunger and chaos after devastating twin earthquakes.
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Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from a golf course turned relief centre in Venezuela.
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Aid workers fear disease outbreaks in temporary shelters amid overcrowding, lack of access to clean water, sanitation.
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As frustration with the government disaster response grows, everyday citizens are organising to distribute aid.
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One week after Venezuela's twin earthquakes, more than 1,900 are confirmed dead while tens of thousands are missing.
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Here's a look at some of the major developments since major back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela on June 24, devastating parts of a country already reeling from crisis after crisis.
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Where children once trained as baseball players, families now sleep under tarpaulins. The stadium at Playa Grande, on Venezuela's central coast, has become an emergency shelter for people who lost their homes – or cannot safely return to them – after the deadly quakes that struck the country on 24 June.
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In Venezuela, a rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble, six days since the double-earthquake disaster.
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"I'm still begging for people to help me get him out."
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Video footage shows rescuers cheering as the child is pulled from rubble in La Guaira state.
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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 shaking seemed to come from nowhere. In a moment captured by fishers off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, two earthquakes struck seconds
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The US deported at least 146 people to Venezuela, just hours before two deadly earthquakes struck last Wednesday.
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International and local emergency teams are continuing to recover the bodies of victims under the rubble
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Preliminary analysis of satellite data suggests magnitude of natural disaster could dwarf official estimates More than 58,000 buildings may have been damaged and destroyed by the twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last week, according to a preliminary analysis of satellite data that suggests the scale of the destructi
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Search and rescue operations continued in Venezuela on Tuesday as thousands of displaced survivors struggled to find shelter and humanitarians issued an alert over the spread of infectious disease.
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