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The Acting president of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez offers statements after 7.5 earthquake hits nation. teleSUR
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00:00President Delcey Rodriguez is suffering statements. Let's listen that today around
00:07the 6 p.m. o'clock occurred two requests following first six and two and then the
00:23other in seven that one that was affected states in Venezuela, in Caracas, Miranda,
00:37in different parishes, Aragua, Carabobo, and FalcĂłn, they were hardly affected by this
00:48incident. The first message for our people is keep the Union to save lives. Meanwhile,
00:59this season, the system, the civil protection system is activated to rest alive in this moment.
01:09And then we will take control of the material recuperation, the affectations on the facilities
01:20and public services in the rescue and several areas that was affected. We had shut down the electricity
01:31system and the gas system. We have been into facilities, cut-downs and shut-downs because just to
01:45protect the people. And in other parts it's affected, but they are using soft to protect the people of
01:53Venezuela. We have another notice in Yaracuy, Zulia, in other parts of the country. We had shut down the
02:05metro train system in Venezuela just to rescue the infrastructure of the subway. I want to announce that the
02:17classes were not allowed and suspended for the rest of the day. And we have activated the public system
02:30network to attend the victims in this moment of rent sensibility for these who were affected and has
02:44a lot of their families. And we want to be supportive of them. The housing which were affected with
02:59different taxes must be evacuated. And the civil protection was activated as the
03:10community. We want to evaluate the infrastructure and the spaces. We're asking for carbon unity. In
03:27reason of this, we want to activate the emergency state just to activate within the area social,
03:39with the vice president of public places and public infrastructures. And working in front of this
03:54solution for these two aircraft that we have suffered here in Venezuela. I have been designated as a unique
04:05authority to the mayor of the National Bolivarian Guard to attend this kind of situation. We are declaring the
04:19emergency state as the constitution establishes. I want to thank to the different governments of the world that have
04:32communicated with us to express the support and solidarity USA, Panama, Qatar, Nicaragua, Turquia,
04:41Jordania, Barbados, Colombia, United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, United Nations, and other organisms and
04:55economic organizations that have communicated with the Venezuelan government to express their solidarity. I want to
05:04ask to the doctors and the medical teams just to go to the seats, the seats to attend the people
05:15which are carrying out to the
05:18hospital and the hospital and private hospitals. I want to inform to the
05:26police clause attending the damage on its infrastructure. I want to put in order the hotline to report
05:42for all the citizens, the state of their housing to attend this emergency. Meanwhile, we have been contacted
05:55for many economic organizations to attend this emergency. I want you to all know you come with this
06:08government in the National Territory. It's almost failed. It was almost failed in all the National
06:18Territory and specifically the most affected territories all around the country. In National Union, we want to
06:32overcome this problem. And again, I want to thank to all the people who have communicated immediately to express
06:44all the support. Thank you so much.

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