Venezuela death toll doubles as interim president vows to save ‘as many people as possible’
Delcy Rodríguez says foreign rescue teams are arriving but people are angry at official response and limited resources Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has vowed
Delcy Rodríguez says foreign rescue teams are arriving but people are angry at official response and limited resources Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has vowed to fight to save “as many people as possible” as the official death toll from the country’s worst earthquake in more than a century almost doubled, but frustration was growing at the perceived sluggishness of the government’s response.
Rodríguez said on Friday that the official death toll had risen to 589, with nearly 3,000 people injured. Speaking during a tour of La Guaira,
the most devastated region, Rodríguez said foreign search and rescue groups were starting to arrive. Continue reading...
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