Venezuela thought it’s luck was changing. Then the earthquakes stuck. For a country that’s economy has long been in tatters, parts of Venezuela are now in ruins. The huge 7.2 of and 7.5 magnitude quakes have devastated pockets of Venezuela, with parts of the capital, Caracas, and the northern coast dotted with mounds of rubble.
Rodriguez could also use this tragedy to argue an election is not what the country needs
It’s a cruel twist of fate the South American nation that was finally beginning to pull itself out of dismal abyss it had found itself in. Many Venezuelans, little by little, were allowing them to be more optimistic this year.
Nicolas Maduro was out of the picture following his capture in January. Hundreds of political prisoners had been released. Political exiles had begun to return home. And there was even optimism that the economy would soon grow with US investment. The future was looking much brighter than it once had. But the double earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday have changed that.
When phones starting letting out a piercing alert and flash warnings popped up, there was a brief pause, confusion and then panic. In Caracas and the heavily impacted state of Guaira, residents talk of believing they were living their last moments, of walls imploding and seeing their own terrified expressions reflected in that of those around them.
