Geneva, June 26, 2026 (AFP) - Over 50,000 people missing after Venezuela quakes: UN aid chief to AFP

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2026-06-26

More than 50,000 people are missing after powerful twin earthquakes rocked Venezuela, the United Nations' aid chief said Friday, warning that the death toll was likely to "rise significantly". "It's a very, very complex emergency response," Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told AFP in an interview. "We've got over 50,000 people missing, over 500 people dead, so a massive job t......

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