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After the devastating double earthquake that devastated the northern region of Venezuela on June 24th, joint rescue teams are working to rescue people trapped under the rubble. Our correspondent Madelein Garcia is here with an in-depth report. teleSUR
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00:07Hello, join us. We have last-minute information here from Venezuela. Our correspondent, Madelaine
00:12Garcia, she's at La Guayra State and she is sad to witness a rescue that is taking place
00:19seven days after those massive and deadly earthquakes that took place on June 24th.
00:28Let's listen to her statements.
00:30Good news for Venezuela at this hour, the rescuers are working without stop, but there is rescue.
00:45We need to give information. This country needs help, so there are other countries as well
00:53involved in those rescue efforts here. Civil protection is here. They have been accompanying
01:08the process, the complete process of the moment to get through the rebels. We can share with
01:22you.
01:37We are having issues with communications, but we were receiving last-minute information from
01:45our correspondent in Caracas of Madelaine Garcia. She is, at this very moment, in the state
01:52of La Guayra that is said as well to be a witness, a first-hand and first-forefront witness of
02:01a recovery effort, a recovery operation from a person that is still alive. This brings so
02:08much hope. Every person that has been rescued is a victory for Venezuelans. Let's recall that
02:15this is taking place one week, precisely one week after two twin, a doublet earthquake took
02:24place on June 24th that devastated La Guayra state with the collapse of hundreds of buildings just in this
02:34state, but also in other parts of the of the Caracas. But La Guayra state was one of the most
02:41hardest hit
02:42territories in Venezuela. Out of the five states that were affected by the two powerful earthquakes of 7.2 and
02:517.5, we are
02:53receiving, once again, communications with our correspondents. So, we are going to go back with her. So, we are
03:02going as well to be witnesses of this rescue operation. Let's listen to her statements.
03:12The person that is said to be rescued, they said is in good shape, that he's holding to life. So,
03:20this is what is going to happen. Yeah.
03:22We are going as well to ask you on behalf of the citizens that have the part, the information is
03:30given
03:30by the rescuers. Well, this is live images, live image information with first-hand information from our
03:40correspondent Madeleine Garcia at this very hour in La Guayra state. We will keep informing you on
03:49everything that is happening there in La Guayra state as rescue operations are underway without stop,
03:54without rest for seven days in a row. And there is still the miracle of life beneath the rubble.
04:02There is a person that is said to be rescued at this hour and we are going to be witnesses
04:07of that,
04:08of that, of that, of that situation, of that, of that effort, of that heroic action that is being
04:14performed by rescuers, not just from Venezuela. Venezuela has been receiving so much help from
04:19over 30 countries worldwide, including Cuba, including Jordan and also Mexico as well as
04:27present there, the United States brigades, international brigades that are present there
04:32and helping the nation in these crucial hours. Stay tuned with Telesur English.
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