Chavismo, Not Sanctions, Depleted Venezuela’s Reconstruction Capital
A sanctions-fueled bounce-back restored consumption in 2021, not resilience. The earthquakes exposed the difference
Tag: 2026 earthquake
Nicolasito Faces the Ire of La Guaira Survivors
A Norwegian crew recorded the moment a woman who lost her daughter and home poured out her grief and fury at Maduro's son
An Earthquake-Prone Country Without a Seismic Monitoring System
A video about a missing monitoring device has drawn attention to the Venezuelan authorities' failures in registering and reporting the quakes
International Aid in Venezuela Goes From Rescue to Recovery
Field hospitals and relief for survivors are replacing search-and-rescue efforts
Chávez’s Civic-Military Union: Another Collapsing Legacy
One founding promise of the Bolivarian State failed for good when the critical hours after the earthquake put it to the test
The Invisible Infrastructure Beneath the Rubble
Venezuela’s disaster also revealed the sociotechnical systems that quietly keep the country functioning, and the limits of these when solidarity cannot become coordination
Trauma and Mourning Come Before Politics After Venezuela’s Quakes
Kübler-Ross’s famous stages of loss must be adapted to what Venezuelans need after a tragedy like this one
Between Graves and Uncertainty: the Management of the Dead After Venezuela's Quakes
Here's what we know about the graves dug by the regime amid poor capabilities to deal with a rising death toll
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
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