Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Exceeds 5,000; IMF Provides $346 Million

Venezuela. The death toll in two powerful earthquakes that occurred in Venezuela last month has exceeded five thousand. Officials said on Saturday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has provided 346 million US dollars for reconstruction.

The coastal state of La Guaira, north of the capital Caracas, was the most affected when two earthquakes of magnitude seven-point-two and seven-point-five occurred with an interval of one minute on June 24.