In the Venezuelan resort town of La Guaira, a group of rescuers watched as sensors that once detected life under the rubble now showed nothing, as silence gave way to resignation. Friday -- the ninth day since the devastating double earthquakes that killed nearly 2,600 people and injured tens of thousands in the South American nation -- will be the
Hundreds of rescuers struggled Thursday to unearth a 43-year-old Venezuelan man trapped for eight days under a collapsed building after twin earthquakes killed almost 2,300 people, an AFP reporter witnessed. An international rescue team inched closer to Hernan Gil, a security guard buried inside his booth under the seven-story building where he worked
Venezuelans, with help from around the world, were still searching Wednesday for survivors a week after massive earthquakes killed nearly 2,000 and left thousands unaccounted for. Survivors were mourning while battling shortages of food and shelter, but searches of the scores of flattened apartment buildings have carried on and saved lives. A three-year-old