Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodriguez confirmed this early morning 32 people deaths and 700 citizens injuried following consecutive 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes in the country.

Confronted with this historic tragedy, Acting President Delcy Rodriguez expressed deep condolences to the families who lost loved ones and reaffirmed the Government’s total support during this critical period.

In this sense, Rodriguez expressed complete confidence that the country will overcome the disaster through civic unity and social calm, while calling on religious institutions of all faiths to unite in prayer for the nation.

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Acting President Rodriguez confirmed that public health centers operate under maximum capacity protocols to care for the injured and that emergency shelters are now open to house thousands of displaced families who evacuated their homes during the tremors.

Meanwhile, emergency services and civil defense units are working continuously to locate survivors trapped under the heavy concrete rubble.

The physical destruction of key infrastructure in La Guaira has isolated coastal sectors, making immediate search and rescue operations highly complex for local first responders. In this sense, authorities declared La Guaira state a “disaster zone” to accelerate emergency funding due to the collapse of dozens of buildings, making it the most severely affected area in the country.

However, Acting President Rodriguez clarified that the preliminary death toll does not yet include potential casualties from La Guaira, where rescue teams are currently executing intensive operations to locate survivors trapped under concrete ruins.

National Funds to Attend Affected

The physical impact of the consecutive earthquakes has paralyzed normal operations across northern Venezuela. Acting President Delcy Rodriguez announced the immediate mobilization of extraordinary national funds and structural assessment teams to evaluate the stability of standing buildings in the affected states.

Local health authorities established temporary triage centers to handle the high volume of 700 injured patients. The collapse of major transport corridors in La Guaira slowed the arrival of local relief, forcing regional administrators to request immediate air support to transfer critical patients.

To safeguard the population and streamline emergency responses, the national Government suspended non-essential commercial operations and school activities in high-risk zones. This emergency measure aims to keep main highways clear for emergency vehicles and prevent further casualties from potential aftershocks, which continue to threaten compromised concrete structures.

Authorities prepared hotels and specialized refuges to house families who lost their homes or whose residences suffered dangerous structural damage. Furthermore, the presidency urged citizens to utilize the digital platform VenApp to report missing family members or register critical structural issues in their residential areas, enabling a faster response from emergency teams.

Global Solidarity Mobilizes

In response to this tragedy, the international community mobilized quickly to support Venezuelan recovery efforts.

Acting President Delcy Rodriguez expressed gratitude for the prompt solidarity shown by several nations, while she detailed that specialized rescue brigades from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, United States Mexico and Qatar will arrive in the country within the next few hours to assist in finding survivors.

Text reads: “Thank you to President Nayib Bukele for offering support to the people of Venezuela for rescue efforts and primary care in the face of earthquakes on June 24. I have instructed the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately coordinate the necessary mechanisms with the Salvadoran authorities, through the National Coordination Room for Emergency Care, according to the requirements defined by the General Staff that I have activated today for the Comprehensive Disaster Response. Solidarity between our peoples is an invaluable force in times like these.”

Rodríguez confirmed direct telephone conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump, Dominican President Luis Abinader, and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to coordinate the logistical deployment of these highly specialized teams, which will immediately assist local rescue workers in the disaster zones.

Additionally, the Venezuelan Government received formal offers of humanitarian aid from the People’s Republic of China and Brazilian President Lula da Silva. Caribbean nations, including Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Saint Lucia and Dominica, also pledged emergency resources to assist in the recovery efforts.

The integration of these international specialists into local rescue networks aims to accelerate search efforts, providing critical aid to families awaiting news of relatives still trapped beneath the ruins, but they will also provide essential medical supplies, search equipment and relief goods to reinforce the local healthcare and civil protection infrastructure.

This international cooperation aims to bolster local rescue capabilities and provide immediate relief to those affected by the historic natural disaster. Emergency coordinators are organizing logistics to distribute the incoming aid directly to the worst-hit areas in La Guaira and central Venezuela.

The unprecedented seismic activity occurred on Wednesday afternoon, triggering consecutive tremors that shook northern and western states. The first major tremor, registering a magnitude of 7.2, had its epicenter 21 kilometers from Montalban in Carabobo state. Shortly afterward, a second, more powerful earthquake of 7.5 magnitude struck 23 kilometers from Yumare in Yaracuy state, causing massive structural damage across Caracas, Miranda, La Guaira, Carabobo, Falcon, Yaracuy, Aragua, Trujillo and Zulia.

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