Venezuelans search rubble as quake toll rises
by editors@theworld.org (Tibisay Zea) from The World: Latest Stories on (#76KES)
The official death toll from Venezuela's back-to-back earthquakes has climbed to around 600, with thousands injured and more than 50,000 reported still missing. The hardest-hit area is La Guaira, where may residents have been digging through rubble themselves as rescue teams and international aid begin to arrive. The disaster is now testing the fragile government of acting President Delcy Rodriguez, and exposing the limits of a country already weakened by years of humanitarian crisis. The World's Tibisay Zea reports.