CATIA LA MAR (VENEZUELA): Rescuers pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from a collapsed basement early on Thursday, ending a gruelling days-long operation that became a symbol of hope after the devastation of twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela eight days earlier.

A 43-year-old Venezuelan security guard, Hernán Gil, was rescued alive on Thursday after eight days trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed in Catia La Mar, in La…

CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela: Hundreds of rescuers were working late Wednesday to save a 43-year-old Venezuelan man who has survived for a week under the ruins of a seven-story…