Wednesday briefing: After two powerful earthquakes, what is the reality on the ground in Venezuela?

According to the Guardian, Venezuela is grappling with a humanitarian catastrophe after two powerful earthquakes struck last week, killing more than one thousand seven hundred people and leaving tens of thousands unaccounted for. The twin quakes hit seconds apart off the Caribbean coast, flattening buildings and sending plumes of dust across communities. The disaster compounds an existing crisis in Venezuela, where the removal of the country's leader earlier this year has left the state struggling to respond. In devastated neighborhoods, relatives continue searching through rubble with photographs of missing family members, desperately seeking survivors. A child was pulled alive from the rubble six days after the quakes, offering rare hope amid widespread suffering.

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