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Rhiannon12866

(261,155 posts) Sat Jun 27, 2026, 04:45 AM 7 hrs ago

Crews race to find survivors in mountains of rubble after Venezuela earthquakes - PBS NewsHour

The race to save lives in Venezuela is becoming a race against time. Rescue crews are digging through mountains of rubble, searching for survivors believed to be trapped after two powerful quakes struck just seconds apart. More than 900 people are confirmed dead and tens of thousands remain missing. Nick Schifrin reports. - Aired on 06/26/2026.

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Crews race to find survivors in mountains of rubble after Venezuela earthquakes - PBS NewsHour (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 7 hrs ago OP

50,000 names on the missing persons list. AloeVera 2 hrs ago #1

AloeVera

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1. 50,000 names on the missing persons list.

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Sat Jun 27, 2026, 09:57 AM

2 hrs ago

Think about that...

There could still be thousands of survivors under rubble. And the scale of this...

In an oil-rich a country made so destitute by U.S. interference and sanctions that a quarter of its population already depended on humanitarian aid to survive.

Whatever the U.S. is sending is a pittance and insufficient to meet the need. The law of You Broke It should apply here but of course it won't.

The U.S. is sending only two urban search and rescue teams comprised of about 150 personnel. The U.S. has 28 such teams for heaven's sake!

And $150 million or about the same as what it spends in a few hours bombing Iran.

Priorities.

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