A group of young doctors was allowed by the police to use the store as a base. This is how the core of the disaster area looks like
After days and nights searching, they found my cousin’s body in the ruins of her building in Playa Grande. I can’t stop wondering how this story could have been different
Venezuelan society responded with institutions it built to save lives. Chavismo responded with institutions it built to preserve power
Delcy Rodríguez lost her nerve before a Spanish reporter who quoted survivors denouncing the government’s “slow and uncoordinated” response to the earthquakes.
A new AtlasIntel–Bloomberg survey came out today. This LATAM Pulse on Venezuela surveyed 2,581 people across all regions and demographic groups from June 26 to June 30. It found that disapproval of Delcy Rodríguez’s government continued to rise, though not as sharply as we might have expected: 63.3% disapprove of her government, up 5 percentage points from the previous survey a month earlier. Perceived political risk in Venezuela increased to 45 points, higher than in Mexico and above the levels recorded in Peru, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil.
Machado (53%), Trump (50%), González Urrutia (43%), and Rubio (42%) are the most popular leaders. Delcy Rodríguez came in fifth place with a 23% approval rating, but 61% disapprove of her. Jorge Rodríguez and Diosdado Cabello are tied at 9% approval and 73% disapproval, though they are still in better shape than Juan Guaidó, Leopoldo López, and Henrique Capriles.
Even more interesting are the responses about the earthquakes. Some 65.4% disapprove of the government’s response, while 19.3% approve of it, consistent with the roughly 20% chavista core that defends the regime in virtually every credible survey. The actors most trusted to contribute to the reconstruction are healthcare professionals, firefighters, private companies, NGOs, churches, and María Corina Machado, who is not even in the country. The government is trusted by 43% of respondents, while the same percentage distrusts it. The police, Delcy Rodríguez, the armed forces, and Jorge Rodríguez are distrusted by more than 60% of respondents when it comes to rebuilding the country.
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This is how the disaster area in Vargas looks and smell while relatives struggle to recover the bodies of their dead
The country lacks a national leadership coordinating civilian efforts. Her return wouldn’t come without risks and official animosity, however
Chaos, corruption and criminal negligence re-victimize the relatives of the thousands of victims
In 2010, Paula Vásquez-Lezama told in a book how Chávez appropriated the 1999 disaster, as if she would have describing the 2026 earthquakes
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