Twin 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck 16 km southwest of Morón, Venezuela, on June 24, producing a confirmed death toll exceeding 900 and thousands of injuries. La Guaira was declared a disaster zone, with hundreds of buildings destroyed and millions potentially affected according to international estimates.
“US sends troops under cover of Venezuelan earthquake, as death toll surges”
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The disaster amplifies existing inequalities worsened by U.S. sanctions that restrict rebuilding resources and humanitarian supplies.
“Disproportionate impact on working-class communities and need for unrestricted international aid”
Socialist mismanagement under the Maduro regime left infrastructure unable to withstand foreseeable shocks due to corruption and neglect.
“Regime responsibility for dilapidated construction standards and hindered emergency response”
Centralized economic control and regulatory failure deter private investment in resilient construction and crowd out voluntary insurance and local solutions.
“Limits of state coordination and preference for decentralized mutual aid and private contracting”
All three views accept WSWS-sourced figures without sufficient scrutiny of their unconfirmed nature or the regime's history of manipulating data.
“Overemphasis on governance narratives while underweighting geological rarity and practical search-and-rescue constraints”
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