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La señal más evidente de que las autoridades en Venezuela están sobrepasadas por la falta de medios. Cuerpos en La Guaira cubiertos con cal antes de poder ser identificados. Hay más de 1.400 personas fallecidas según el recuento oficial y unos 50.000 desaparecidos. Terrible

María Corina está intentando hacer lo que es moral y humanamente correcto y, según Reuters, funcionarios de la administración están frustrados al respecto. “Altos funcionarios de EEUU están frustrados por los intentos de Machado de regresar a Venezuela tras los terremotos”.

Against impossible odds, hope endures. 🇺🇸 American search and rescue teams rescued an infant from beneath the rubble following the earthquake in Venezuela. Every life saved is a victory.

According to Reuters, citing a White House official, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has renewed her bid to return to Venezuela in recent days. The move, which had increasingly frustrated Trump administration officials, comes against the backdrop of twin earthquakes that devastated Northern Venezuela. Per the report, Machado has petitioned the administration, the State Department, and members of Congress to aid in her return, but at the time of writing, the administration is reticent to accede to the request, as one White House official told Reuters “We support her returning to Venezuela, but does it have to be 24 hours after a massive humanitarian catastrophe where the death toll continues to climb?” Machado currently resides in the U.S., after leaving a Venezuela do to the threat from the former Maduro regime.