Jul 24 Watch 6:46 Aid worker describes crisis in Venezuela, one month after devastating earthquakes By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Friday marks one month since powerful earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela, triggering a humanitarian crisis that is far from over. Damage to schools, health facilities and water systems has left communities without essential services, complicating an already difficult recovery. Amna… Continue watching
Jul 24 WATCH: Trump says Venezuela is 'not ready yet' for elections after U.S. ouster of Maduro By Associated Press “They’re not ready yet for the elections, but at some point they will be,” Trump said before mentioning the country’s prowess in the Miss Universe pageants once he owned. Continue reading
Jul 22 Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro back to court for pretrial hearing in his U.S. drug trafficking case By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69, have been held at a Brooklyn jail ever since U.S. forces seized them from their Caracas home in a stunning middle-of-the-night raid and brought them to New York in early January. Continue reading
Jul 10 Illnesses surge in quake-hit Venezuelan communities as humanitarian crisis builds By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press Doctors treating people in the northern state of La Guaira on Thursday reported an increase in skin conditions and diarrheal diseases, as well as of requests for medications for the treatment of chronic illnesses, including diabetes and high blood pressure. Continue reading
Jul 07 As quake rescue winds down, Venezuelans face horrors of recovering their own dead family members By Fernanda Pesce, Isabel DeBre, Associated Press The more time passes, the more gruesome the recovery process becomes. Continue reading
Jul 03 Venezuelans rush to identify the bodies of their loved ones as earthquake deaths multiply By Regina Garcia Cano, Dánica Coto, Associated Press Many fear mass graves are coming as they search for the bodies of loved ones who died in the earthquakes. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 5:49 As Venezuela crisis deepens, Chef José Andrés feeds earthquake survivors and search teams By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi, Katie Marlow Venezuela's earthquake death toll has climbed to nearly 2,300 with thousands injured and tens of thousands still missing. Overwhelmed morgues, growing humanitarian needs, and mounting frustration over the pace of the response are compounding the crisis. Geoff Bennett spoke with… Continue watching
Jul 02 In Venezuela, a 'completely ineffective' government worsens earthquake disaster, experts say By Maria Ramirez Uribe Hospitals lacking medicines and equipment. Daily power outages. At least 8 million people in need of humanitarian support. These were the realities in Venezuela before it was hit by back-to-back earthquakes on June 24. Continue reading
Jul 02 Venezuelan medics fear earthquake aftermath will trigger widening medical crisis By Regina Garcia Cano, Megan Janetsky, Isabel DeBre, Associated Press The emergency has laid bare Venezuela's chronic shortage of doctors, the result of years of economic crisis, underfunding and emigration. Continue reading
Jul 02 Venezuelan security guard pulled alive from earthquake basement rubble after 8 days By Fernanda Pesce, Juan Pablo Arraez, Associated Press The rescue was considered a small miracle cutting through a week of tragedy. Continue reading