Rescue teams from seven countries have worked for 72 hours to free 43-year-old security guard Hernan Gil, trapped for eight days in rubble in Catia La Mer, Venezuela. The Venezuelan government reports at least 2,295 deaths and more than 11,000 injuries from the earthquake, with the United Nations procuring 10,000 body bags.
“A week after the earthquakes, Venezuela still searches for its thousands missing”
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Highlights human cost to working-class communities and value of multilateral aid from seven countries alongside UN body bag procurement.
“Cross-border solidarity and need for sustained humanitarian support”
Points to regime dependence on foreign teams for even one extraction after eight days amid 2,295 reported deaths.
“Chronic governance and infrastructure failures”
Emphasizes how state control amplifies vulnerability, with foreign teams and UN filling gaps left by domestic institutions.
“Limits of centralized authority and suppression of market mechanisms”
Notes all views accept official casualty figures and one rescue as emblematic without data on missing persons or rescue timelines.
“Groupthink around regime incompetence and unrepresentative data point”
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