In Pictures: Hunger, despair as Venezuela quake death toll rises
Key takeaways
- Venezuelan rescuers fight to save lives, as survivors face hunger and chaos after devastating twin earthquakes.
- xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo People gather to receive supplies from volunteers, days after twin earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela.
- International teams on Thursday inched closer to 43-year-old security guard Hernan Gil, buried inside his booth beneath a seven-storey building in Catia La Mar, a coastal area flattened by the June 24 disaster.
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Venezuelan rescuers fight to save lives, as survivors face hunger and chaos after devastating twin earthquakes.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo People gather to receive supplies from volunteers, days after twin earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]By AFP, AP, EPA and Reuters Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026Hundreds of rescuers in Venezuela are fighting the clock to free a man trapped for eight days under a collapsed building, as survivors of last week’s twin earthquakes struggle with mounting hunger and desperation.
International teams on Thursday inched closer to 43-year-old security guard Hernan Gil, buried inside his booth beneath a seven-storey building in Catia La Mar, a coastal area flattened by the June 24 disaster.