How International Correspondents Are Covering Venezuela's Disaster
We spoke with freelancer British reporter Catherine Ellis to get a first-hand account on how the regime tries to control information on the field
Life
A War Hospital in a Looted McDonald’s
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
The Questions the Earthquakes Carved Inside Us
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
After the Venezuela Earthquakes, People Fight for Their Dead
Chaos, corruption and criminal negligence re-victimize the relatives of the thousands of victims
A Tragedy Foretold
In 2010, Paula Vásquez-Lezama told in a book how Chávez appropriated the 1999 disaster, as if she would have describing the 2026 earthquakes
A Society That Had To Save Itself
In Los Palos Grandes, like in other parts of Caracas, foreign rescuers and inexperienced volunteers do what they can among the ruins
The Earthquakes’ Aftermath: No Government, All Chaos
Here are the voices of some of the individuals who survived, those who search for their loved ones, and the civilians trying to help
Venezuelans Search for Survivors With the Only Help Available: Foreign Teams
Specialized squads from several countries arrived two days after the earthquakes to do what the State is unable or unwilling to do
Help Venezuela From Abroad: Cash Donations Matter Most Right Now
Supplies are being collected in the US and globally, but monetary transfers are the fastest way to deliver relief
Foreign Help Begins to Arrive in Venezuela
The absence of a useful government in a country depleted of capabilities left the population to its own devices
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