As Venezuela responds to earthquake devastation, volunteers take charge

Catia la Mar, Venezuela – Andreina Velasquez looks up at her multistorey apartment block overlooking Catia la Mar, a coastal city in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira. The concrete slabs that once separated each floor are now stacked on top of each other.

"They fell like a pack of cards," she said, pointing to where she used to live on the sixth floor.

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