I hear my son crying beneath the rubble, says Venezuela earthquake survivor
June 29, 2026
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(BBC News) On the day that two devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, Andreina Valerio rushed back from work to look for her almost two-year-old son, Santiago.
He was with Andreina’s partner, Ramsés Mendoza, at her in-laws’ home in La Guaira.
When she got there, she found the building in ruins. Her brother-in-law Samuel Mendoza was looking through the pile of rubble that used to be their apartment block.
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