The Daily Journal — The death toll from the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 4,118, according to the latest report presented by National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez. The official report also lists 16,740 people injured and at least 17,907 residents whose homes suffered damage or collapsed, primarily in the coastal state of […]
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EFE — Tom Fletcher, the United Nations’ humanitarian chief, told EFE on Wednesday that governments should ease sanctions on Venezuela to ensure they do not hinder humanitarian assistance or the country’s recovery efforts following the twin earthquakes. “It is always important for us to have humanitarian exemptions so that nothing required for humanitarian support falls […]
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EFE.— About 36,700 women affected by the powerful twin earthquakes that devastated northern Venezuela are pregnant, and nearly 4,000 are expected to give birth within the next month amid the country’s “severe humanitarian emergency,” the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) warned. The UN agency appealed to donors for $10 million to ensure lifesaving reproductive health […]
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EFE. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday that Venezuela’s death toll will likely rise significantly as search-and-rescue operations transition into the recovery phase following the recent earthquakes. “The earthquake that struck last week has claimed more than 2,300 lives, injured more than 5,000 people, and left nearly 16,000 homeless,” said WHO Director-General Tedros […]
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The Daily Journal. The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) announced on Thursday a financial aid package of at least $1 million to support emergency operations in Venezuela after the powerful twin earthquakes that caused extensive damage along the country’s central coastline and in Caracas. The bank will provide the funding through non-reimbursable emergency technical […]
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AFP — Forensic doctors wearing blue gowns and caps walk among dozens of bodies lying in bags on the ground inside an improvised morgue at the port of the area hardest hit by the powerful double earthquake that struck Venezuela. Some bodies already rest inside wooden coffins, which also sit on the floor. Near the […]
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The Daily Journal. — The United Nations System in Venezuela has deployed emergency medical infrastructure along the country’s central coast to address the health crisis caused by last Wednesday’s twin earthquakes. The operation comes as international rescue teams continue arriving to search collapsed structures for survivors. UN Resident Coordinator in Venezuela Gianluca Rampolla told EFE […]
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The Daily Journal.— The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has received preliminary reports suggesting that as many as 50,000 people may remain missing following the two earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela on Wednesday. The agency stressed that this figure does not represent an official count. However, it differs significantly from […]
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The Daily Journal.— The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) approved a $15 million allocation from the organization’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The funding will directly strengthen relief operations for people affected by the two earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 that struck northern Venezuela. U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher […]
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Diviana Márquez.— While the thick dust from the magnitude 7.5 and 7.2 earthquakes still clouds the sky and weighs heavily on the hearts of millions of Venezuelans, the sound of aircraft engines tells a different story on the runways. In the early hours of Friday morning, the sky carried no storms, only the reflection of […]
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