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The death toll from Venezuela's earthquake climbed past 3,500 as experts blamed decades of government negligence for the damage severity and slow rescue response. Thousands remain homeless with recovery efforts hampered by the humanitarian crisis.
The death toll from Venezuela's earthquake climbed past 3,500 as experts blamed decades of government negligence for damage severity and slow rescue response. Thousands remain homeless, and recovery efforts are hampered by an ongoing humanitarian crisis.
Natural disasters expose existing infrastructure failures. In Venezuela, the earthquake hit a country already facing collapse—weak building codes, limited rescue capacity, and a government focused on survival rather than disaster response. The death toll reflects decades of underinvestment and mismanagement, not just the earthquake itself.
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