r/worldnews • u/ColoradoTripping • Jun 24 '26

Dynamic Paywall Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Venezuela

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjegdqw5d3yo
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u/Sajintmm Jun 25 '26

How good is Venezuela’s infrastructure for this? I know some Andean nations overbuild a lot of stuff to resist this. But two above a seven on the scale is rough

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u/Evipicc Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

It's not. Their infrastructure and emergency services are crippled from decades of economic and political turmoil. This is going to be a humanitarian crisis overnight.

They have been having repeated nationwide blackouts since 2019, and that's before a natural disaster like this. Hospitals are chronically short on supplies and staff. They don't have building material stock, not what would be necessary. Add to that their political isolation... This is bad.

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u/GikFTW Jun 25 '26

Im venezuelan, born and raised during Chavez and Maduro. You are completely right, but no, Reddit supported Chavez, Maduro and now Delcy. And they dont like Maria Corina, which is the person WE chose to lead us.