{"id":515787,"date":"2026-06-29T00:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/515787\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T00:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:14:10","slug":"live-updates-countries-mobilize-to-assist-venezuela-earthquake-survivors-as-death-toll-mounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/515787\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Countries mobilize to assist Venezuela earthquake survivors as death toll mounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7wjj000p356ujvhz9gqe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Venezuelan Americans are searching for answers from thousands of miles away after devasting back-to-back 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes hit Venezuela on Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k000q356u94kcrmoh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Dana Jimenez, an aid relief organizer in Houston, is from Caracas, one of the places rocked by the quakes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k000r356uahss4e4y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI was <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/donation-drives-spread-houston-area-help-venezuelans-deadly-earthquakes\/19396799\/?userab=kabc_content_recs-577*variant_a_control-2480%2Cwls_content_recs-584*variant_b_trending_wls-2517%2Cwtvd_content_recs-585*variant_b_trending_wtvd-2519%2Cktrk_content_recs-587*variant_b_trending_ktrk-2523%2Cwpvi_content_recs-586*variant_b_trending_wpvi-2521%2Cotv_web_content_rec-539*variant_c_trending-2268%2Cotv_web_topic-580*variant_a_topic-2508%2Cotv_search_page_design_unification-546*variant_b_search_redesign-2300%2Ckgo_content_recs-583*variant_b_trending_kgo-2515%2Cabcn_popular_reads_exp-542*variant_b_7days_filter-2288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">looking for my dad<\/a> (for) 15 hours,\u201d Jimenez told CNN affiliate KTRK. After posting pictures on social media, she made contact.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k000s356uy26d83hu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201c(My dad) was able to send a voice (message) and say, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m okay, don\u2019t worry, I\u2019m helping other people.\u2019\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k000t356uf77ih6ud@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Arnaldo Goita, owner of the Richmond, Virginia, food truck On the Grill RVA, returned from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtvr.com\/news\/local-news\/richmond\/ven-conmigo-richmond-venezuela-earthquake-victims-donations-june-27-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">visiting his family in Venezuela<\/a> two months ago.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k000u356uwc4927zg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe room where I stayed in Caracas, where I slept, both walls came down. I have a cousin that almost lost his two daughters,\u201d Goita told CNN affiliate WTVR.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k000v356u67n5bd6t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While Jimenez and Goita have confirmed their family members are safe, not everyone has been that lucky.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k000w356u3ue3s2rm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kelly Montano, owner of Full Arepas in Los Angeles, told CNN affiliate KABC that <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/story\/full-arepas-downtown-la-packs-aid-venezuela-earthquake-victims-owners-parents-remain-missing\/19399657\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">her parents <\/a>were just north of Caracas during the quakes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k000x356u0i283gnp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThey are missing. They were in one of the buildings that collapsed in La Guaira,\u201d Montano said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k000y356un0sc3ao9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The first 48 to 72 hours are considered the most crucial for successful rescue efforts.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k000z356uq5l8zsom@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBy this time, almost more than 72 hours, it\u2019s difficult to find them alive,\u201d Montano said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k0010356uors5wbgd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Jimenez, Goita, and Montano are collecting clothes, toiletries, baby items and non-perishable food for the victims in Venezuela.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqxw7z7k0011356u7g8wb1qs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI don\u2019t have time for crying,\u201d Montano told KABC. \u201cIf we cannot help from over there, we can help from here.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venezuelan Americans are searching for answers from thousands of miles away after devasting back-to-back 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-515787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}