Desperate search for survivors after deadly earthquakes hit Venezuela – The Latest

委内瑞拉遭遇致命地震,紧急搜寻幸存者——最新进展

Today in Focus

2026-06-26

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Rescue efforts are under way in Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes caused buildings to collapse and killed at least 164 people, and there are fears the death toll could rise significantly. A state of emergency has been declared by the country’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, who said 971 people have been injured and more casualties are expected. Lucy Hough speaks to Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • Rescue workers and volunteers are spent the night picking through the rubble with their hands trying to find survivors,

  • pulling some people out of the rubble of these blocks of flats.

  • Some people say that Venezuela has effectively been turned into a US protectorate in the months since Maduro's capture.

  • The Department of War is going to have to play a big logistical role here.

  • Venezuela, of course, is reeling still from a decade plus massive economic crisis.

  • The government is really not well equipped to respond to this kind of disaster.

  • From the Guardians today in focus this is the latest with me Lucy Hoff.

  • There have been two massive earthquakes that hit Venezuela last night local time near the capital city of Caracas

  • causing huge damage to buildings which have collapsed and sadly massive loss to life.

  • Tom Phillips as our Latin America correspondent you've been speaking to people

  • on the ground give us a sense of the scale of the damage.