Venezuela: Venezuelan officials thank Turkish rescue team in quake-hit La Guaira.

SHOTLIST: LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA (JUNE 29, 2026) 1. VENEZUELAN FOREIGN MINISTER YVAN GIL SPEAKING WITH TURKISH RESCUE TEAM ALONG WITH VENEZUELAN DEFENSE MINISTER GUSTAVO GONZALEZ LOPEZ 2. LOPEZ SHAKING HANDS WITH RESCUE TEAM 3. LOPEZ AND GIL SPEAKING WITH RESCUE TEAM 4. TURKISH ENVOY TO VENEZUELA, NACI AYDAN KARAMANOGLU, LISTENING TO CONVERSATION 5. LOPEZ AND GIL SPEAKING WITH RESCUE TEAMLA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA — JUNE 29, 2026: Venezuelan Defense Minister Gustavo Gonzalez Lopez and Foreign Minister Yvan Gil met with a Turkish search and rescue team Monday, June 29, to express gratitude for their efforts following a devastating doublet earthquake. The officials met with the team in the hard-hit coastal city of La Guaira, thanking the responders for working around the clock to save people trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings. The death toll from last week's two back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela climbed to 1,719, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said Tuesday. In an address on state television, Rodriguez told reporters that a total of 5,034 have been injured, and 15,866 families were affected. According to the US Geological Survey, two earthquakes measuring magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 struck the South American nation on June 24, 39 seconds apart. The magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck 23 kilometers (14.3 miles) southeast of Yumare in Yaracuy state, while the magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred 23.9 kilometers (14.9 miles) northeast of San Felipe, also in Yaracuy state, the US Geological Survey said.