Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Latin America

Death toll in Venezuela quakes rises past 4,000

The death toll in Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes has topped 4,000, the government said Friday. At least 4,118 people were killed and 16,740 injured in the back-to-back June 24 quakes, which flattened entire districts in the coastal state of La Guaira, Venezuelan parliament chief Jorge Rod

Twin Quakes Hit Venezuela: Nearly 1500 Dead, Thousands Missing

Foreign rescue teams deployed in large numbers across Venezuela on Sunday, racing against time to extract survivors from the rubble of two massive earthquakes that struck the country earlier this week, leaving nearly 1,500 people dead.

Newborn baby rescued from rubble of Venezuela quake

A newborn baby has been rescued from a fallen building 32 hours after the twin earthquakes that devastated a Venezuelan coastal city. Video shared on social media Friday shows rescuers working under a floodlight atop collapsed masonry and bringing the infant out to applause late Friday in the hardes

Looting in quake-hit Venezuelan coastal area: AFP

At least one business was looted Thursday in Venezuela's La Guaira region, which was heavily damaged by a pair of powerful earthquakes a day earlier, AFP journalists saw.