As ordinary Venezuelans dig their neighbors out of their monster two-earthquake rubble with their hands, the Venezuelan government is doing all it can to sit on its hands, loot the victims, obstruct the rescue teams, harass the aid givers, block the reporters, and hide the body count. 

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It's a foul picture, but one incident stands out:

#AHORA | Parte de la delegación de rescatistas de EEUU enfrenta a Diosdado Cabello y le reclama porque le están saboteando sus esfuerzos de rescatar a las víctimas.

“¿No quieres que vaya y ayude a la persona que está allí?”. pic.twitter.com/TzuSG3WKzM

— Orlando Avendaño (@OrlvndoA) June 29, 2026

Diosdado Cabello @dcabellor is blocking U.S. rescue teams while bodies are still being recovered from the rubble.
Aid diverted. Unsafe buildings turned into death traps. Known narcos playing “emergency managers.” American help refused. Press barred. X blocked to hide the truth.…

— Rick de la Torre (@vrk_rick) June 29, 2026

Who was the angry little man in the red hat insolently poking at the brave American rescuer, telling him he couldn't save the people crying out from under the rubble?

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It was this guy:

There are theories as to why:

🇻🇪It's an open secret that like Pablo Escobar, members of the current regime reportedly had properties in La Guaira filled with millions of dollars in cash, gold, drugs, and weapons.

🇺🇸Yet people still wonder why they aren't allowed to enter the US rescue teams. https://t.co/gYqJUErqy3

— 4n4lisis 🌐 (@4n4lisis) June 29, 2026

President Trump, meanwhile, seems to have some really bad advisors:

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RESPONSE TO @POTUS

Mr. President,

Yesterday you stated the following:

“Outside of the earthquake, the people are happy and dancing in the streets.”

This is neither right nor fitting at this moment. Many of us are genuinely grateful for what you did to put Maduro and his wife…

— Pedro Mario Burelli (@pburelli) June 27, 2026

And his ambassador is hard to believe:

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