Venezuela Earthquake Toll Passes 5,000, 50,000 Still Missing
The June 24 twin quakes, magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, struck La Guaira, injuring 16,740 and burying thousands under collapsed low-cost housing.
- Rescuers pulled over 6,400 survivors from rubble across La Guaira's collapsed apartment blocks.
- Misión Vivienda blocks, built with cheap EPS panels, lacked required anti-seismic reinforcement standards.
- Delcy Rodríguez tapped $346 million in IMF reserves toward an estimated $37 billion rebuild.
Why it matters: Cheap foam panels in state housing, not the fault line, decided how many Venezuelans died.
ZeroHedge (Venezuela earthquake death toll update) ↗ · Jul 18, 20267/18/26