HUMANITY FIRST:
Groups accused of harassing opposition supporters and nations that have long opposed Venezuela have come together to help rescue efforts in the nation
Reuters, Venezuela
Rescuers worked through the night yesterday to save hundreds of Venezuelans trapped in rubble and find thousands more missing after two of the biggest earthquakes in Latin America’s modern history smashed areas in and around Caracas.The government said 235 dead had been taken to medical centers, but did not give a total casualty estimate from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 tremors that struck about 160km west of Caracas on Wednesday.A Web site created to track missing people and shared by opposition leaders from the politically polarized nation listed 49,500 people as unaccounted for, while the US Geological Survey predicted more than 10,000 deaths.
Rescue workers work at a building damaged by an earthquake in Caracas on Thursday.
