The death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes has risen to 2,954, the country’s Communication and Information Ministry announced on Saturday, as international rescue teams began winding down search operations for survivors in the rubble of the June 24 disaster. According to the ministry’s statement in Caracas, 16,592 people have been injured and 6,462 rescued from collapsed buildings, with 29,567 Venezuelan personnel and 3,281 foreign rescuers deployed to the hardest-hit northern regions .

The tremors, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude and occurring just 39 seconds apart, destroyed 190 of 856 affected buildings, leaving 10,702 people in temporary shelters and 31,000 unaccounted for . Authorities have recorded 942 aftershocks since the initial quakes, complicating recovery efforts in cities such as La Guaira and Caraballeda, where entire neighborhoods remain in ruins .

Foreign governments have contributed to the relief effort. The Netherlands’ USAR team, which rescued 14 survivors and recovered two children’s bodies, returned home on Sunday after ten days of operations . Turkey delivered rescue equipment through TIKA, the state aid agency, and pledged additional shelter supplies . Spain confirmed 35 of its citizens among the dead, an increase from the previous day’s count .

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez urged the suspension of U.S. sanctions to facilitate the crisis response, while the foreign ministry reported 58 Portuguese missing or unreachable . The disaster has exposed deep economic and social fragilities, with residents in Caracas’s *barrios* fearing renewed shortages amid spiraling inflation and opaque U.S. influence over the country’s oil sector .

Amid the devastation, Portuguese and Hungarian families recounted harrowing escapes, including a Hungarian-Venezuelan couple saved when their garage collapsed around them, though their son did not survive . Meanwhile, Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo sent a personal message and World Cup sticker album to a hospitalized boy who lost his family in the quakes .

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yenisafak · 9 days ago

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observador · 9 days ago

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rtl nieuws · 9 days ago

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observador · 9 days ago

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sueddeutsche · 9 days ago

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france24 · 9 days ago

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yenisafak · 9 days ago

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france24 · 9 days ago

🇻🇪 ⚠️ Venezuelas devastating twin earthquakes killed nearly 3,000 people, updated official figures showed on Saturday, as international rescue teams began winding down search operations for survivors in the rubble of the disaster ➡️ u.afp.com/SKdi

bluesky_AFP English · 9 days ago