00:00It's a sad situation, you know. It's a big tragedy.
00:04And then the fear that after this tragedy people don't want to go inside because the aftershock is happening all
00:11the time, you know.
00:13And it is a warning for us. It is a warning.
00:17Venezuelan activist Yesenia Gonzalez speaking with TV6 News about the aftermath of the two deadly earthquakes in Venezuela
00:25and the challenges Venezuelans in Trinidad and Tobago are facing to contact their loved ones in Venezuela.
00:32Do you personally have any relatives, family, friends across in Venezuela that you are trying to get in contact with?
00:42Have any sense of what's happened to them?
00:45Well, yes, I'll be trying. It's very hard to call friends and relatives, calling relatives, uncles, cousins.
00:53And we can't get in touch. We just cannot get in touch.
00:57It's very bad. Plus, the Internet is a very serious problem too.
01:01During the interview, Ms. Gonzalez received a phone call from another Venezuelan national living in Trinidad and Tobago
01:06and put her on speaker so we could speak with her.
01:10Right now, we try to look in to bring some support across there and from Trinidad
01:17to try to get some donations to bring it across there and to try to help the community
01:24and to try to get the support from Trinidadians to the locals and the people to Venezuela ready
01:30to send some stuff across there to try to do the best to support them.
01:34Ms. Gonzalez said the immediate need is for food and medicine.
01:37Anyone who wants to collaborate or donate, please contact me at this number, 498-5889.
01:46And I am in TMS Foundation with Quantum Foundation.
01:50They could contact me, Quantum Foundation and TMS Foundation,
01:55to help to organize things like food or medicine or whatever they could give.
02:02One pack of Panadol makes a big difference in Venezuela.
02:06We don't have medication.
02:09We're still facing crisis in Venezuela, especially in the poor areas.
02:13And now this happened, you know, it's a big tragedy.
02:17Only I ask, please pray for Venezuela.
02:21Mi corazón está con toda la familia.
02:25Ms. Gonzalez acknowledged the Prime Minister's statement
02:28that Trinidad and Tobago stands ready to assist in whatever humanitarian way it can
02:33during this difficult time.
02:36Julie Brown, TV6 News.
02:39The UN says the level of devastation is overwhelming local authorities.
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