From Mexico City, an exiled Venezuelan watches her homeland collapse in real time, confronting the helplessness of displacement, authoritarian neglect, and the unbearable distance between survival and home.
Early damage estimates vary widely, but all point to the same conclusion: rebuilding Venezuela will require unprecedented financial resources and long-term economic recovery efforts.
After Venezuela’s earthquakes, families searched for missing children within a strained protection system that struggled to respond amid collapsed buildings, scarce resources, and institutional gaps.
The dual earthquakes revealed how geology, corruption, and a longstanding humanitarian emergency amplified destruction across La Guaira, Caracas and seven other Venezuelan cities.
In 2022, Nigeria was the third-highest country in internal displacement in Africa, primarily caused by conflict and flood, a climate change induced disaster.