Rodríguez defends Venezuela’s emergency earthquake response as number of bodies expected to soar

<p>Interim president says unrest will not break out despite anger at official response to the 24 June disaster</p><p>Venezuela’s interim president has defended her country’s emergency response to the twin earthquakes that have killed more than 3,000 people, vowing the country would not descend into social unrest.</p><p>Many Venezuelans have expressed anger at what they see as the US-backed government’s inadequate response to the 24 June disaster before international teams arrived.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/05/rodriguez-defends-venezuelas-emergency-earthquake-response-as-bodies-expected-to-soar">Continue reading...</a>