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Venezuela quake death toll reaches 920 as interim president vows to save ‘as many as possible’

By Clavel Rangel in Caracas and Tom Phillips in Rio de JaneiroJune 26, 2026·Source: The Guardian·0 views

Delcy Rodríguez says foreign rescue teams are arriving as anger grows at official response and limited resourcesSurvivors tell of ‘brutal and fast’ Venezuela quake as hunt for survivors goes onVenezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has vowed to fight to save “as many people as possible” as the official death toll from the country’s worst earthquake in more than a century almost doubled, but frustration was growing at the perceived sluggishness of the government’s response.Rodríguez’s brother, Jorge, the president of the national assembly, said on Friday that the official number of dead had risen to 920. Delcy Rodríguez had earlier said almost 3,000 people were injured.

Speaking during a tour of La Guaira, the most devastated region, she said foreign search and rescue groups were starting to arrive. Continue reading...

Originally reported by The Guardian. Read the original article

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