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Venezuela quake toll climbs to 2,595 as damage estimates mount after strongest tremor in a century
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- The government has not concluded its search and rescue efforts, Rodríguez said in her first press conference since taking power in January after the U.S.
- More than 12,000 people have been injured, Rodríguez said, without specifying how many remain missing.
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The death toll from twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela rose to 2,595, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Friday, an increase of 300 from the previous day, as rescue operations continued for more than a week after the country's strongest tremors in over a century.
The government has not concluded its search and rescue efforts, Rodríguez said in her first press conference since taking power in January after the U.S. military operation that captured the country's president Nicolás Maduro.
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