U.S. Mobilizes Rescue Aid for Venezuela After Twin Quakes
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump pledged U.S. resources to Venezuela after back-to-back tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck near Caracas, flattening buildings and prompting a state of emergency.
- Acting president Delcy Rodriguez declared a state of emergency Wednesday night in Venezuela's seismically active zone, where the Caribbean Plate meets the South American Plate.
- Reuters reported 32 people were killed and more than 700 injured, while the Geological Survey issued red PAGER alerts estimating a 41% probability that fatalities could exceed 10,000.
- The State Department mobilized rescue teams and medical supplies, while Trump wrote on Truth Social, "The U.S. stands ready, willing, and able to help," signaling diplomatic realignment with the Venezuelan interim government.
- Economic projections suggest the disaster could reduce Venezuela's GDP by up to 7%, while Washington controls oil exports valued at $8 billion in flows since January.
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Washington mobilizes an urban search and rescue team and allows emergency cargo and humanitarian charter flights. More information: In La Guaira, the 'zero zone' of Venezuela's earthquakes: uncollected corpses, looting and screaming among the rubble
US Temporarily Eases Sanctions Against Venezuela as SOUTHCOM Deploys Military
Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—Following catastrophic earthquakes in the north-central area of Venezuela on Wednesday, instead of completely lifting its illegal sanctions, the US decided on Thursday only to ease them. The easing of sanctions comes from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) General License 60, which temporarily relaxes restrictions on financial and commercial transactions related exclusively to relief…
The United States, which under the Trump administration has drastically curtailed its international cooperation, deployed a large-scale response to support Venezuela following the two earthquakes that shook on Tuesday.
The U.S. government has suspended for four months economic sanctions against Venezuela that could hinder the rescue operations of the two earthquakes that have caused hundreds of deaths in the country. "All transactions related to the relief operations after the earthquake in Venezuela, which would otherwise be prohibited, are authorized" until October 23, according to an authorization published last night by the Treasury Department. The earthqu…
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