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Looting was reported in La Guaira, Venezuela, after two earthquakes struck the country, with shops, warehouses and supermarkets targeted in Catia La Mar on June 26.

Acting President Delcy Rodriguez said military forces would be deployed in La Guaira and the state government will be "militarised" to facilitate rescue work and 2,600 tons of food had been distributed there.

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00:44And my children told me to take away from here, we don't want to die.
00:50Well, they saw that the whole world disappeared from there.
00:54I didn't want to leave my house alone,
00:56and I was waiting for them to leave the house,
00:59and I was waiting for them to leave the house alone.
01:05So my partner, as a funcionario, told me to come here
01:09to camp with my daughter,
01:12that I was more safe than with my daughter,
01:14so that I didn't leave my house alone.
01:17We are being attended very well,
01:19we thank those countries that have been added,
01:23to Zulia, to Colombia,
01:28all those countries, we are very grateful.
01:30Here, really, we don't need food.
01:34We have had cold, because it's normal,
01:37it's not easy, it's not easy what we are living.
01:42We are still going through this city,
01:43because that is a city, La Guaira.
01:45We really need support,
01:46we need to take care of them.
01:48We need to keep those descombros there,
01:49there is still people living behind those descombros.
01:52Here we are, we can't complain.
01:53We have received a lot of clothes, clothes, shoes, we have a lot to do with them,
02:00but we are asking them to help the Venezuelan people,
02:03if they can help us with insumos like a wet towel,
02:06we need to help adults, for children,
02:08we need to help them, because we have to cover them with the night,
02:13the cold, the lluvia, they are going to be long days,
02:15this is just the beginning, señores.
02:17I've seen on social media that we have already been eating food,
02:20this is not only for today, this is for several days,
02:23so we are going to keep the calm and calm,
02:26we need first needs items and clean articles.
02:53In the impacted areas, and how do we deliver essential relief items to the populations
03:00that's been impacted in the days ahead, but start thinking about even the longer term,
03:07this is going to be a months long, not weeks long response to the earthquakes.
03:12The airport is damaged, that is presenting a real obstacle right now to getting in supplies at scale.
03:18We have pre-positioned stock in country that we're able to use,
03:21and stock in the neighbouring country, Colombia.
03:24To meet the needs, we're going to need airport access,
03:27there are telecommunications issues, internet connectivity is very patchy.
03:32This is common in an earthquake aftermath,
03:34as you have the damage to the infrastructure,
03:36also makes it hard to reach the people who have been impacted by that.
03:39.
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