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The death toll from the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela five days ago has risen to at least 1,719, National Assembly president Jorge Rodriguez said on Monday.
Rodriguez added that 5,034 people were injured in the quakes, which left tens of thousands of people missing.
Hopes of finding survivors more than four days after the powerful twin earthquakes were fading, as residents grew increasingly frustrated with the government’s response to the disaster.
French and American rescue teams found a man and his teen son alive under the rubble on Sunday in Caraballeda, a town about 40 kilometres north of Caracas, AFP journalists saw.
