Venezuela leader rejects criticism for earthquake response
Key takeaways
- Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has slammed critics for saying that her government was slow to respond to the disaster.
- We activated immediately," Rodríguez told foreign journalists a week after the earthquakes struck.
- "Naturally, at the sites where the building collapsed, the first people to arrive were survivors of the collapse itself, relatives and neighbors," she added.
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Acting President Delcy Rodríguez has slammed critics for saying that her government was slow to respond to the disaster. She said the criticism was "manufactured in propaganda laboratories."
https://p.dw.com/p/5GUfn Rodriguez said that the death toll from the disaster had risen to 2,595, with more than 12,400 wounded Image: Miguel Medina/REUTERSAdvertisement Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday strongly defended her government's response to the twin earthquakes that have devastated parts of the oil-rich country.
"We did not wait one day, two days or three days. We activated immediately," Rodríguez told foreign journalists a week after the earthquakes struck.