Venezuela earthquakes draw aid from governments that cut ties with Caracas

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Two strong earthquakes struck northern Venezuela, killing at least 188 people and prompting humanitarian aid offers from various American governments, including some that had severed diplomatic ties with Caracas. The interim President declared a nationwide emergency as rescue teams responded to the disaster.

Venezuela received offers of rescue teams and humanitarian aid from across the Americas on Thursday, including from right-wing governments that had broken off diplomatic relations with Caracas less than two years ago, after two earthquakes killed at least 188 people. The quakes, of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 and 39 seconds apart, struck the north of the country on Wednesday evening and were the strongest to hit Venezuela in more than a century. Interim President Delcy Rodriguez declared a nationwide...