Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González have called this Thursday for the urgent support of the international community following the strong earthquakes, of more than 7 degrees on the Richter scale, registered in Venezuela and which, for now, have caused more than thirty deaths.
The main opposition figure and Nobel Peace Prize winner has sent "all her strength, faith, and prayers" to the "thousands of Venezuelans who are in the streets of Caracas, Vargas, Aragua, Carabobo, Yaracuy, and Lara," among other states. "They have been forced to leave everything due to the collapse or structural damage to their homes," she lamented in a message disseminated on social media.
"We share the pain of those experiencing the terrible anguish of having loved ones missing. We make an urgent call for solidarity and the mobilization of all Venezuelans, inside and outside our borders, and of the international community," she asserted, appealing for a coordinated response to the catastrophe.
At the same time, she urged citizens to remain "very attentive to social media to know how to channel support in the most effective way." "The emergency is critical, the pain is infinite; every hour counts," she warned, emphasizing the need to organize aid quickly and efficiently.
On the other hand, González, who was a candidate in the 2024 presidential elections, pointed out that for the moment there is "little information about the consequences of the earthquakes." "What is certain is that we do not have the response capacity that Venezuela deserves," he warned, focusing on the country's structural deficiencies.
"The rescue teams, the health system, the communications infrastructure arrive at this tragedy destroyed. We have said it before. Now it becomes visible to the world. Venezuela will need international support. And it will need it because its own State has abandoned it," he stressed, insisting on the urgency of external cooperation.
In previous statements, González had already denounced the absence of clear data from the authorities. "Venezuelans from abroad cannot know if their families are well. Those inside do not understand the magnitude of what happened. Uncertainty becomes another layer of anguish, and it is not a network failure: it is the systematic and prolonged blocking of information that Venezuelans live through," he pointed out.
"What is known is thanks to journalists on the street with their own phones and their own data, with the determination to tell what they see. I am very attentive, along with every Venezuelan who awaits news, and along with every journalist, inside and out," he clarified, recognizing the key role of informants amidst the chaos.