Venezuela deadly earthquake: 'Countless lives lost that in a normal country would have been rescued'

Venezuela was struck by a deadly earthquake this week. According to journalist Germania Rodriguez Paleo, speaking to France 24, the real story isn't just about the earthquake—it's about institutional collapse. Decades of political decay, corruption, weakened public services, and deteriorating infrastructure, combined with inadequate emergency response, magnified the human toll. In a functioning nation, many of those lives could have been saved.

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