A three-year-old child was rescued alive from the rubble six days after a devastating earthquake struck Venezuela, according to a Jordanian rescue team. Video footage showed rescuers celebrating as they pulled the child, identified as Clieber Moran, from debris in La Guaira state. Interim President Delcy Rodríguez described the rescue as a moment of hope. The child received initial medical treatment and was later transferred to a hospital in Caracas, where his condition is reported stable.
The United Nations has warned that thousands in Venezuela urgently need food and shelter following the twin earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude last week. The disaster has killed 1,943 people, injured more than 10,000, and left thousands missing. NASA’s preliminary satellite data indicated that about 58,870 buildings were damaged or destroyed.
La Guaira remains one of the hardest-hit areas, where locals are conducting their own rescue efforts amid severe shortages and collapsed infrastructure, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR.