Venezuela
Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:41:00 GMTVenezuela's María Corina Machado accuses the government of blocking her return after the earthquake
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Monday accused the government of acting President Delcy Rodríguez of closing the country's airspace to prevent her return, as Venezuela copes with the emergency caused by t...
Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:35:00 GMTMexican rescuers in Venezuela call it one of the largest tragedies they have faced
Rescuers from the Mexican Army's Emergency Response Battalion (BAE), considered among the most experienced in the world in natural disasters, say the earthquake that devastated north-central Venezuela is "one of the largest tra...
Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:51:00 GMTWhy Venezuela's earthquake was so deadly: shallow, powerful and just seconds apart
The combination of two powerful, very shallow earthquakes just 39 seconds apart explains much of the devastation left by Wednesday's earthquake in north-central Venezuela, where the latest official toll exceeds 1,450 dead and 3...
Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:31:00 GMTCollapsed hospitals and morgues raise health fears in Venezuela's earthquake zone
The emergency caused by the twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday is beginning to turn into a health risk, given the bodies that remain under the rubble and the collapse of hospitals and morgues in th...
Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:45:00 GMTUK sends a 68-strong search and rescue team and £2 million in aid to Venezuela
The United Kingdom on Friday deployed a specialist search and rescue team of 68 people and announced an initial £2 million (about $2.7 million) in humanitarian funding to support the response to the earthquakes that devastated...
Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:21:00 GMTVenezuela's earthquake toll rises to at least 920 dead as rescuers race against time
The number of victims from the twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday rose to at least 920 dead and 3,360 injured, according to the toll given on Friday by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge...
Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:52:00 GMTVenezuela's quake death toll climbs to 589 as the rescue window narrows
The number of victims from the twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday rose to at least 589 dead and 2,980 injured, according to the toll given on Friday by acting President Delcy Rodríguez, who warned...
Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:51:00 GMTFishermen film the first seconds of Venezuela's earthquake from the sea off La Guaira
A group of fishermen working off the coast of La Guaira state captured on video the moment when the two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that shook Venezuela began on Wednesday and that, according to the latest official tol...
Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:30:00 GMTTwo powerful earthquakes strike northern Venezuela and collapse buildings in Caracas
Two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, about 39 seconds apart, struck north-central Venezuela on Wednesday afternoon, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and leaving rescue teams working through the rubble...
Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:04:00 GMTVenezuela's earthquake toll rises to at least 164 dead and nearly 1,000 injured
The number of victims from the twin earthquake that struck north-central Venezuela rose to at least 164 dead and 971 injured, acting President Delcy Rodríguez reported on Thursday, warning that the figure would keep rising as ...