‘All we see is decay’: Covering the human toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes
‘All we see is decay’: Covering the human toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes As the death toll in Venezuela surges past 4,000, families continue to hold out...
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- ‘All we see is decay’: Covering the human toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes As the death toll in Venezuela surges past 4,000, families continue to hold out hope that their loved ones might still be found.
- La Guaira, Venezuela – The smell of death grows stronger as we climb to the top of a collapsed building on the seafront of Venezuela’s La Guaira, a state that has been decimated by back-to-back earthquakes in June.
- Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3‘A nightmare’: Struggling with the aftermath of Venezuela’s earthquakes - list 2 of 3How a son rescued his father from the rubble of Venezuela’s earthquakes - list 3 of 3A quest for closure: In search of the missing after Venezuela’s earthquakes The fetid smell hangs heavily as the Qatari team, alongside the Syrian White Helmets, attempt to separate a body from a tangle of concrete and tiles, their toil made harder by the intense midday sun.
- Viana told us that the government hasn’t supplied any assistance or heavy machinery to help recover the bodies inside, including her son.
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‘All we see is decay’: Covering the human toll of Venezuela’s earthquakes As the death toll in Venezuela surges past 4,000, families continue to hold out hope that their loved ones might still be found. La Guaira, Venezuela – The smell of death grows stronger as we climb to the top of a collapsed building on the seafront of Venezuela’s La Guaira, a state that has been decimated by back-to-back earthquakes in June. Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3‘A nightmare’: Struggling with the aftermath of Venezuela’s earthquakes - list 2 of 3How a son rescued his father from the rubble of Venezuela’s earthquakes - list 3 of 3A quest for closure: In search of the missing after Venezuela’s earthquakes The fetid smell hangs heavily as the Qatari team, alongside the Syrian White Helmets, attempt to separate a body from a tangle of concrete and tiles, their toil made harder by the intense midday sun. Viana told us that the government hasn’t supplied any assistance or heavy machinery to help recover the bodies inside, including her son. “I hope I can get my son’s body back before they tear it all down,” she said. “All we see is decay, but we’re still fighting to get our loved ones...