America’s expansive, near-immediate response to aid victims of the twin earthquakes in Venezuela on Wednesday has defied ominous predictions that streamlining the country’s international response by eliminating USAID would leave it flat-footed in the face of disaster.
Venezuela, where severe earthquakes are uncommon but not unprecedented, suffered two earthquakes in quick succession late on Wednesday documented as being above a magnitude 7, devastating the state of La Guaira and the capital of Caracas. As of Friday morning, the Venezuelan socialist government has documented 589 people dead and over 2,000 injured, as well as untold numbers…
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