A contingent of a hundred United States Air Force personnel has arrived in Venezuela to help repair the earthquake-damaged Simon Bolivar International Airport serving Caracas, as the death toll from last week's twin quakes rose to one thousand four hundred and fifty.
Acting President Delcy Rodriguez has created a commission to assess damage to housing and infrastructure, while a hundred and thirty US Marines are expected to arrive at the coastal area of La Guaira to help reopen its port for aid deliveries.
But residents in the worst-hit areas say they have been left largely to fend for themselves.
Catherine Ellis is a reporter in Caracas and spent most of Sunday in La Guaira.
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Catherine Ellis, a reporter in Caracas, has been talking to Venezuelans who say they are bypassing official channels entirely, preferring to deliver donations directly to affected families rather than hand them to the authorities.
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Catherine Ellis, a reporter in Caracas, says rather than rallying behind the government, many Venezuelans are growing angrier as the days pass without adequate official support.
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