‘God is punishing the politicians’: anger at earthquake response grows in Venezuela

<p>Threat of social unrest rises as public indignation at lack of disaster aid comes on top of fallout from US military intervention</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/12/a-revolution-in-ruins-fury-amid-the-rubble-of-a-housing-project-in-quake-hit-venezuela">A revolution in ruins: fury amid the rubble of a housing project in quake-hit Venezuela</a></p><p>Public anger at what many perceive as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/12/a-revolution-in-ruins-fury-amid-the-rubble-of-a-housing-project-in-quake-hit-venezuela">the Venezuelan government’s botched response</a> to twin earthquakes that killed nearly 4,500 people is growing, with one grieving mother caught on camera berating the son of former president Nicolás Maduro.</p><p>Maduro’s politician son received a hostile reception while visiting a semi-destroyed social housing project named after his father’s late mentor Hugo Chávez.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/14/anger-earthquake-response-venezuela">Continue reading...</a>