The Daily Journal. — A total of 40 civil society and human rights organizations issued a joint statement on Saturday expressing concern over the national government’s decision to militarize La Guaira state as authorities respond to the emergency caused by the twin earthquakes that struck on June 24. The signatory coalitions stressed that saving lives […]
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The Daily Journal. —The President of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, updated the official damage assessment left by the powerful earthquakes recorded on June 24, reporting 920 fatalities, 3,360 injured or affected people, and more than 4,000 displaced. La Guaira state accounts for the highest amount of material damage, with a record of 383 residential […]
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Venezuela may have faced one of the most destructive seismic phenomena: a nearly simultaneous seismic doublet. Julio A. López. — The two earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 not only surprised observers because of their magnitude, but also because they occurred extraordinarily close together in both time and location. Early analyses suggest the country […]
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