Delcy Rodríguez promises housing for earthquake victims by year-end in Venezuela

Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has promised that new housing will be delivered to families displaced by a devastating double earthquake before the end of the year. The pledge was made during the establishment of a special task force focused on creating temporary camps and planning housing construction, an event broadcast on state television VTV.

The earthquakes, registering magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, struck the country's north on June 24th. The disaster has tragically claimed 1,719 lives and injured 5,034 people, according to parliamentary figures, making it the deadliest seismic event in Venezuela in the last century. Rodríguez emphasized the urgent need for social engineering measures in response to the disaster's scale.

"The Ministry of Housing and Habitat is developing projects for the construction of housing in the shortest possible time; there are thousands of solutions before the end of the year," Rodríguez stated. She stressed that this is a task requiring immediate, joint action with no room for postponement.

In parallel, multidisciplinary teams of engineers and architects are assessing the structural integrity of buildings that withstood the tremors in Caracas, Miranda, and La Guaira states. This effort complements the special inspection commission Rodríguez announced earlier. Additionally, school activities across all levels have been suspended for another week to ensure the safety of students. The impact of the recent earthquakes has surpassed even the severe 1967 Caracas earthquake, which killed 245 people.