{"id":15495,"date":"2026-06-29T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=15495"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:28:08","slug":"survivors-of-venezuela-earthquakes-pulled-from-rubble-as-rescue-teams-continue-desperate-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=15495","title":{"rendered":"Survivors of Venezuela earthquakes pulled from rubble as rescue teams continue desperate search"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rescue teams continue the desperate search for survivors<\/span>, some even digging with their hands, as tens of thousands of people are still presumed to be missing in Venezuela<\/span> five days after twin earthquakes struck. More than 1,400 people have died in the quakes.<\/p>\n

Outside of a hospital in Caracas, families scour lists of patients looking for any missing relatives.<\/p>\n

Genesis Fonseca was at a hospital to bring soup to her 6-year-old nephew who survived the earthquakes, but his mother did not.<\/p>\n

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Volunteers search for possible victims amid the rubble following a twin earthquake in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, about 40 km northeast of Caracas, on June 25, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fonseca said she will miss “everything” about her sister, including the love they had for each other.<\/p>\n

In hard hit La Guaira, a coastal city and the epicenter of a dire humanitarian crisis, there’s remnants of people’s lives in the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings \u2013 from stuffed animals to a passport and a kindergarten graduation diploma.<\/p>\n

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Remnants of people’s lives are found in the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings after two powerful earthquakes rocked Venezuela last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But amid the tragedy, there are moments of hope.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A U.S. search team helped to rescue a mother and her 9-month-old baby<\/span> from the debris of a collapsed building.<\/p>\n

“Against impossible odds, hope endures,” the U.S. State Department wrote in a post it shared on social media, adding that “every life saved is a victory.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Keyla Zerpa’s nephew, Kenger, was rescued. She told CBS News her two nephews and sister lived in a building that came crashing down and that 11-year-old Kenger was the only survivor.<\/p>\n

“We need more support, more help,” Zerpa said, directing her message to the U.S.<\/p>\n

U.S. diplomat John Barrett said there are more than 300 American rescuers on the ground in Venezuela.<\/p>\n

“We were with Venezuela before the earthquake and we’re even closer to Venezuela after, after the earthquake,” he said.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week that he spoke to Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez and offered the full assistance of the U.S.<\/p>\n

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