Rodríguez defends Venezuela’s emergency earthquake response as number of bodies expected to soar

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Venezuela's interim president defended the government’s emergency response to the twin earthquakes on June 24. Despite widespread public anger over the response, the president vowed to prevent social unrest amid the disaster which killed over 3,000 people.

Many Venezuelans have accused the government of an inadequate response to the 24 June disaster Venezuela’s interim president has defended her country’s emergency response to the twin earthquakes which have killed more than 3,000 people, vowing the country would not descend into social unrest. Many Venezuelans have expressed anger at what they see as the US-backed government’s inadequate response to the 24 June disaster before international teams arrived. Continue reading...