Venezuelans continue search for survivors after deadly earthquakes

Venezuelans, aided by international rescue teams, are still searching for survivors more than a week after two powerful earthquakes devastated the country. The quakes have killed over two thousand people, with thousands more still missing. Tens of thousands of survivors are grappling with severe shortages of food and shelter.

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We are late, very late... but our goal is to continue saving lives, and to be able to reach the citizens trapped under the rubble, who still need us.

Rescue efforts continue inside dozens of destroyed residential buildings. On Tuesday, a three-year-old child was rescued from under the rubble in Caracas, six days after the strongest earthquakes in Venezuela's history hit. A Spanish rescue team member, Luis Arteaga Penatiel, acknowledged the delay but stressed the mission to save lives.

International aid organizations are on the ground, but many rescue teams arrived after the critical 72-hour survival window. The UN Refugee Agency reported widespread food shortages in the heavily damaged coastal city of La Guaira. The International Organization for Migration in Venezuela described the situation as "extremely serious."

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Food shortages are widespread in the coastal city of La Guaira, which suffered severe damage.

The twin earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude, were among the worst seismic disasters in Latin American history. They caused the collapse of entire residential complexes on June 24, triggering extensive search and rescue operations.

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The situation is extremely serious.