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World 27 Jun 2026

In Caracas, this feels like the hardest moment in Venezuela's modern history

Rescue teams are working ceaselessly to reach those trapped under rubble. But as hope fades, anger is growing.

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It means another night in which prayers for the miraculous recovery of missing loved ones went unanswered, in which the fitful sleep of the survivors is interrupted by nightmares of collapsed buildings. And moments of sheer panic. Their building in Caracas wasn't brought down but is too dangerous to return to tears rolling down his cheeks, he says he's not sure he even knows how to rebuild his family's life again. "We're all pretty frustrated because the government is not showing what it should – a serious display of help," she says in a plaza just a block away from two collapsed buildings. "It's actually us, the Venezuelans, who are helping each other. We live in a society that has grown into helping each other.

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missing loved ones went unanswered

คนรักที่หายไปไม่ได้รับคําตอบ.

Collocation · It means another night in which prayers for the miraculous recovery of missing loved ones went unanswered, in which the fitful sleep of the survivors is interrupted by nightmares of collapsed buildings.
is interrupted by nightmares of

ถูกตัดโดยฝันร้ายของ.

Collocation · It means another night in which prayers for the miraculous recovery of missing loved ones went unanswered, in which the fitful sleep of the survivors is interrupted by nightmares of collapsed buildings.
building in Caracas wasn't brought

อาคารในคารากัสไม่ได้นํามา.

Collocation · Their building in Caracas wasn't brought down but is too dangerous to return to tears rolling down his cheeks, he says he's not sure he even knows how to rebuild his family's life again.
is too dangerous to return

มันอันตรายเกินไปที่จะกลับมา.

Collocation · Their building in Caracas wasn't brought down but is too dangerous to return to tears rolling down his cheeks, he says he's not sure he even knows how to rebuild his family's life again.
rolling down his cheeks

ล้มลงใบหน้าของเขา.

Collocation · Their building in Caracas wasn't brought down but is too dangerous to return to tears rolling down his cheeks, he says he's not sure he even knows how to rebuild his family's life again.

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