For These Venezuelans Living in the US, June's Earthquakes Still Reverberate Across Daily Life
More than 6,500 people died, and diaspora members are still raising money, searching for relatives and coping with uncertainty at home and abroad.
- More than two months after the powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, Venezuelans in the United States continue navigating the aftermath while confronting personal loss and leading recovery efforts amid deepening uncertainty in both countries.
- Kelly Granado Montano spent 57 days searching for her parents after a 10-story building in coastal Caraballeda collapsed, with progress only arriving when someone donated an excavator and a drone operator helped locate remains.
- Emergency room nurse Dariela Merchan packs donated supplies for Venezuelan healthcare workers, while Diana Ramos raised $4,000 from Tucson to repair her childhood elementary school in Guatire, a city 45 minutes east of Caracas.
- Alejandro Marquina, who lost five relatives in his home state of La Guaira, expressed feeling "I'm here having fun, but my family is dying," describing the emotional toll of survivor's guilt while living in the United States.
- President Donald Trump's administration is tightening immigration policies, narrowing paths for more than 700,000 Venezuelans to remain and work in the United States, compounding uncertainty for the diaspora already confronting earthquake losses.
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Venezuelans in the US still navigate the aftermath of deadly earthquakes, grieving and helping
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After her parents went missing under the rubble of their Venezuela apartment building, Kelly Granado Montano spent her days here “lost, worried, on the phone,” her body in one country, her mind in another.
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For these Venezuelans living in the US, June's earthquakes still reverberate across daily life
Kelly Granado Montano, a Venezuelan living in the U.S., has been grappling with the aftermath of devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.
Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolAntonella Molina, her nephew Pedro Molina and a group of friends left at 8 a.m. on a recent Saturday, with their hands full of flyers, walking carefully through the rubble that still remains throughout La Guaira after two consecutive catastrophic earthquakes 10 weeks ago.
For these Venezuelans living in the US, June’s earthquakes still reverberate
LOS ANGELES — After her parents went missing under the rubble of their Venezuela apartment building, Kelly Granado Montano spent her days here “lost, worried, on the phone,” her body in one country, her mind in another. “The desperation, the pain, and the anguish grew — from not knowing” their fate, she said. She was […]
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