The Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (CARI­COM) has ex­pressed con­do­lences fol­low­ing the dev­as­tat­ing earth­quakes that struck Venezuela on Wednes­day, leav­ing peo­ple dead and in­jured and caus­ing wide­spread dam­age to homes and in­fra­struc­ture.

In a state­ment is­sued to­day, CARI­COM said it stood in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the peo­ple of Venezuela dur­ing what it de­scribed as a time of im­mense grief.

"The Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (CARI­COM) ex­press­es deep con­do­lences over the trag­ic loss of life, the grow­ing num­ber of in­juries, and the ex­ten­sive dam­age to in­fra­struc­ture and homes as a re­sult of the dev­as­tat­ing earth­quakes that struck Venezuela on Wednes­day, 24 June, 2026," the state­ment said.