'Everything blew up': A baseball stadium becomes a refuge in Venezuela
1 July 2026
Humanitarian AidWhere children once trained as baseball players, families now sleep under tarpaulins. The stadium at Playa Grande, on Venezuela's central coast, has become an emergency shelter for people who lost their homes – or cannot safely return to them – after the deadly quakes that struck the country on 24 June.
Venezuelan authorities have declared seven days of national mourning. At least 2,295 people have died and 11,256 have been injured, with around 6,400 rescued so far.Fourteen camps for displaced people have been set up in La Guaira alone, as hospitals remain under severe strain and search and rescue operations continue.Two nights sleeping rough
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