Two months after twin earthquakes erased the ground beneath La Guaira and took more than 6,400 lives, Venezuela tested a makeshift airport assembled from tents and determination — a quiet, practical act of restoration at the edge of an enormous loss. Simon Bolivar International Airport, the country's primary link to the world, had its runway shattered by the June 24 disasters; what rose in its place were provisional terminals, imperfect but purposeful. Under interim president Delcy Rodriguez's government, with American technical support, the nation is not waiting for wholeness — it is working
Venezuela tests provisional airport terminals after devastating June earthquakes
Twin earthquakes on June 24 killed more than 6,400 people and destroyed dozens of buildings across La Guaira state.
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