Venezuela’s earthquake exposed more than just fault lines
The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, killing more than 1,700 people and leaving entire neighborhoods in ruins, have become more than a natural disaster. Medical personnel and volunteers reportedly faced bureaucratic obstacles, including roadblocks and permit demands. In some areas, security forces were accused not of protecting civilians, but of looting abandoned homes.
- ▪The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, killing more than 1,700 people and leaving entire neighborhoods in ruins, have become more than a natural disaster.
- ▪Medical personnel and volunteers reportedly faced bureaucratic obstacles, including roadblocks and permit demands.
- ▪In some areas, security forces were accused not of protecting civilians, but of looting abandoned homes.
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The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, killing more than 1,700 people and leaving entire neighborhoods in ruins, have become more than a natural disaster. They have exposed the deep structural failures of the Venezuelan state — failures that have been decades in the making and that no political rebranding can conceal.As survivors dug through rubble with their bare hands, shovels, and ropes in the crucial first 72 hours, the absence of a functioning state became impossible to ignore. Heavy machinery arrived late. Search-and-rescue teams were insufficient. Medical personnel and volunteers reportedly faced bureaucratic obstacles, including roadblocks and permit demands. In some areas, security forces were accused not of protecting civilians, but of looting abandoned homes.
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