Venezuela's Twin-Quake Toll Passes 2,595 as Caribbean Neighbours Rush Aid
Kingstown pledges US$100,000 and Guyana's Digicel opens free calls to Venezuela as the confirmed death toll climbs past 2,595.
The death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes has passed 2,595, with the UN preparing thousands of body bags and rescuers still pulling survivors from the rubble more than a week on. The disaster is rippling straight into the eastern Caribbean: St Vincent and the Grenadines has pledged US$100,000, Guyana’s Digicel has opened free calls to Venezuela, and regional bodies are coordinating relief. For diaspora communities with cross-border family and trade ties, the humanitarian response — and the strain on an already tense border region — is the throughline to watch.
Source: AFP via Jamaica Observer, iWitness News.