T&T’s migrant community in tears over devastation caused by quakes

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June 26, 2026

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T&T’s migrant community in tears over devastation caused by quakes

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Sascha Wilson

As social media videos showing collapsing buildings, terrified residents and injured survivors emerged from Venezuela on Wednesday, members of Trinidad and Tobago’s Venezuelan community watched in horror, praying for relatives, friends and their homeland.

The powerful back-to-back earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, which struck 39 seconds apart, left widespread destruction in Caracas and nearby communities, prompting anxious calls and messages from migrants in T&T to their relatives.

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