Tag: Venezuela
Paula Narvaez, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, briefed journalists in New York on her recent visit to the country. Speaking from Chile, she said the earthquakes left…
“I saw the building collapse, floor by floor. You could hear people screaming and calling for help,” said Roberto Rodríguez, 24, who survived two catastrophic earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and…
The UN agency and partners are incorporating this risk into response planning as humanitarian operations shift from search and rescue to recovery. The powerful twin earthquakes struck on 24 June…
Overview: Haiti has deployed a 31-member volunteer medical mission to Venezuela after twin earthquakes killed nearly 4,000 people. The team arrived with 5.5 tons of medical supplies and will spend…
“People are in shock and despair; formal meetings are not enough,” he said in a virtual briefing from the capital, Caracas, alongside representatives of the UN, Brazil, Türkiye, United States,…
“We and our partners are continuing to scale up assistance to impacted people by the earthquakes, in coordination with the Government,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York…
More than 1,000 images of bodies flash across the screens in a sequence that feels endless. Many are swollen, have darkened skin or bear the marks of injuries, making identification…