Venezuela: Beacon Of Solidarity
Four days ago, on the 24th of June, a national holiday jointly celebrating St. John the Baptist Day and the key Battle of Carabobo that secured the nation’s Independence, Venezuela was struck by twin earthquakes, 39 seconds from each other, one of 7.2 on the Richter scale and the second of greater intensity, of 7.5.
The fault lines run through the northwestern valley of the capital Caracas and all along the coast, north of Caracas past the mountains. There was also damage in areas of the interior of the country. Experts call it a doublet. The devastation was unbelievable. Nothing like this has ever happened in South America and it was the strongest earthquake to hit Venezuela in over a century.