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Venezuela in ‘critical hours’ to find earthquake survivors as more search and rescue teams arrive – latest updates

At least 1,450 are known to have died but the number is expected to riseIn this powerful story, my colleagues Clavel Rangel and Tom Phillips have some details about the anger felt by many Venezuelans at the inadequate governmental response to the earthquakes. Here is an extract:Venezuela’s communications ministry has also sought to project an image of unity and diligence in the face of the tragedy, posting social media videos of government rescue teams using sledgehammers and stretchers to pluck dust-caked survivors from the rubble.But on the streets, there is growing anger at what many perceive as the sluggish response of a government unprepared for a crisis of this scale, and the way many feel they were abandoned to their own fate in the hours after disaster struck. Continue reading...

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