Father and son rescued after four days as Venezuela quake toll nears 1,500

A man and his teenage son were pulled alive from the rubble in Caraballeda nearly four days after back-to-back earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck, French and American rescue teams said. The quakes destroyed nearly 200 buildings in the area and the national death toll has passed 1,450.

Interim president Delcy Rodríguez praised rescuers: “Today we have rescued people who are still alive, and therefore these efforts will not be suspended… We always hold on to hope.” Tens of thousands remain missing, the critical 72-hour window for rescuing trapped victims has passed, and millions lack sanitation and other basic needs.

Rescue teams from the US, Mexico and elsewhere scrambled as residents dug by hand for relatives amid pancaked apartments. Outbreaks of looting hit La Guaira, where pharmacies, supermarkets and other businesses were ransacked and many complained of slow, meagre aid.

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