The Daily Journal — Two months after the earthquakes that devastated central Venezuela, a group of relatives of deportees from Flight 164 gathered Monday outside the headquarters of the Vuelta a la Patria Mission in Caracas to demand answers from the government about the fate of their loved ones, who became trapped when the Santuario […]
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The Daily Journal – Removing the debris left by the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela two months ago could take approximately one year, according to estimates from specialists and the government headed by Delcy Rodríguez. Meanwhile, authorities have yet to begin housing reconstruction formally, and thousands of people who lost their homes remain in […]
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The Daily Journal.— An earthquake with a magnitude above 4 struck early Tuesday morning, with its epicenter in La Guaira state, acting President Delcy Rodríguez reported on social media. In a message posted at 3:43 a.m., Rodríguez said the earthquake occurred at approximately 3:20 a.m. and that authorities immediately activated contingency protocols. “I want to […]
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The Daily Journal.- The two earthquakes that struck on June 24 caused an estimated $6.7 billion in direct damage, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which warns that the main economic indicators do not fully capture the scale of the losses to assets and property. The estimate appears in the report Venezuela’s Macroeconomic […]
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The Daily Journal.- CNP Caracas documented 134 attacks against the press between January and July 2026. A report from the monitoring unit of the organization’s Caracas chapter shows a sustained increase in censorship, arbitrary detentions and persecution targeting media workers in Venezuela. The National Association of Journalists (CNP), Capital District-Caracas chapter, warned about the systematic […]
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The Daily Journal.— Following the suspension of talks on Aug. 1, 2015, National Assembly President Dinorah Figuera arrived in Venezuela through General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport in Barcelona to resume dialogue with Jorge Rodríguez. Accompanied by a parliamentary delegation, Figuera said she takes on the process with “great expectations” and reaffirmed her commitment to […]
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“We need many hands,” relatives and volunteers insist as they refuse to give up. By Vanessa Davies At the Opppe housing complex in Los Cocos Beach, day and night have become the same battlefront. The earthquakes of June 24 turned time itself into a test of human determination. Beneath the rubble, life still struggles to […]
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The Daily Journal.— At least 1,579 people remain missing following the June 24 earthquakes, a disaster that has claimed 6,125 lives, according to La Guaira Governor José Alejandro Terán, who spoke Tuesday with Colombia’s Caracol Radio. The governor said the figures come from a census currently underway in the disaster zone. “Based on the information […]
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The Daily Journal.— The United States resumed deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants on Monday after suspending the program following the June 24 earthquakes. According to official information released by the government repatriation program, Flight No. 165 transported 147 Venezuelans, including 132 men and 15 women. Authorities from the national and regional governments received the deportees […]
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The Daily Journal – The National Board of the College of Engineers of Venezuela and leaders of the Venezuelan Chamber of Construction held an institutional meeting this weekend and signed a joint document addressed to the relevant authorities. The document calls for implementing a proper methodology to manage the debris left by buildings that collapsed […]
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