Fuck Venezuela, for real.
We've just experienced the strongest earthquake in Venezuela's history, with a magnitude of 7.5.
Today we’ve experienced a double earthquake—online reports say they occurred 36 to 38 seconds apart—the first with a magnitude of 7.2 and the second with a magnitude of 7.5. The death toll hasn’t been confirmed yet, but one estimate puts it at around 10,000.
This is where I want to emphasize what I said at the beginning: Is Venezuela really cursed, or what the hell is going on?
Starting with all these political problems that have occurred, followed by all these issues involving police abuse and other matters, we’re now facing a sharp increase in child abductions and the exploitation of minors, along with extreme poverty—and on top of that, we must now deal with a natural disaster.
And the hardest part isn’t just dealing with a disaster that’s already severe enough—it’s knowing that we don’t have any kind of help, no matter how much the internet and the media try to claim that aid has been deployed and that security and health operations are in place. Those of us who live here know what they’re talking about; what we see and what’s happening is our reality—because here, to respond to an emergency affecting 100 people, there’s only one ambulance, which can four people can fit inside—so just from that, you can start to grasp the magnitude of the disaster.
I’m going to share some of the most recent videos I’ve found on YouTube;
Look;
Tomorrow I’ll have much more information on this. For now, I’m just letting you know that I’m in good health, my mom is in good health, and my family is in good health. However, I have many friends who haven’t been heard from yet. I’m in Monagas State, but the hardest-hit areas are Catialamar, La Guaira, and Caracas.
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