Venezuela’s strongest earthquake in over a century is the biggest challenge to Delcy Rodriguez’s leadership but could also allow the interim president to stamp her authority on a fractured government.
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The government said 235 dead had been taken to medical centers but did not give a total casualty estimate.
Nearly 24 hours after devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela, people in the coastal city of La Guaira were still using their hands to dig through rubble, trying to rescue their neighbors.
The death toll will most likely run into the thousands based on predictive modeling, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Many Venezuelans were at home when the quakes struck during a public holiday.
President Donald Trump on Friday said U.S. forces carried out a strike that killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, the leader of Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua.