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Three-Year-Old Boy Pulled Living From the Rubble as Venezuela Quake Toll Nears 2,000
The UN said $14.85 million is needed to help 30,000 people with food and shelter as deaths rose to 1,943.
- On Tuesday, Jordanian rescue teams pulled a three-year-old boy from the rubble six days after the twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela, with rescue workers cheering as the child received immediate medical attention.
- Last week's 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude shocks collapsed residential complexes across Venezuela, with National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez reporting 1,943 deaths and more than 10,500 injured in the twin quakes.
- Around 50,000 people remain missing as international teams from 27 countries mobilized nearly 40 search-and-rescue teams, with Gianluca Rampolla, the UN coordinator in Venezuela, reporting more than 2,000 personnel and 160 dogs assisting.
- Tens of thousands of survivors urgently need food and shelter, as the UN warned of disease outbreaks and UNHCR spokesperson Carlotta Wolf said, "Community tensions are rising as access to assistance remains constrained."
- The disasters knocked a $6.7-billion hole in Venezuela's economy—six percent of GDP—while many Venezuelans have expressed anger at the government's slow response amid years of economic crisis and crippling sanctions.
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A three-year-old child was rescued on the sixth day since the earthquakes in Venezuela, announced the Jordanian Civil Protection, which sent a rescue team to the South American country, informs AFP, quoted by Agerpres. This rescue by a team of Jordanian rescuers – the only one in the course of the day until ...
·Romania
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Six days after the two devastating consecutive earthquakes in Venezuela, hundreds of rescuers from that country and other nations work against the clock to find survivors under the rubble.
·Los Angeles, United States
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The rescue occurred in a building in the Los Corales area, in the state of La Guaira, the region most affected by the earthquakes. Rescue teams from Jordan were responsible for the rescue operations.
·Portugal
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right4Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left
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- 46% of the sources lean Left
46% Left
L 46%
C 18%
R 36%
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