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Bodies pile up at Venezuela’s morgues as state services break down

Socialist government faces pressure as death count from twin earthquakes climbs

Bodies are piling up at morgues and Venezuelans are digging through rubble with their hands, as state services collapse and the country’s US-backed leaders face growing anger over their response to last week’s twin earthquakes.

The 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that hit Venezuela on June 24 have left 1,943 people dead, the Venezuelan government said on Tuesday, with more than 10,000 people injured and 15,000 displaced.

More than 42,000 reports of missing people have been sent to a website set up by the Venezuelan opposition, as the country’s US-backed authoritarian government has not given figures for those missing.

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