Venezuela unable to tally missing from cataclysmic quakes
The latest government figures put the death toll from the June earthquakes at 6,125, but authorities refuse to say how many people remain missing.
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June, authorities are withholding information about the number of missing individuals. The United Nations initially estimated that over 50,000 people were missing, but a diplomatic source disputes this figure, suggesting that around 10,000 or more people may be unaccounted for.
The lack of an updated census in Venezuela, last conducted in 2011, further complicates efforts to determine the precise number of missing individuals. The government's reluctance to provide demographic or economic statistics adds to the difficulty in tracking the missing. Officials have only reported 6,125 deaths and 60,992 people receiving medical care, while also recording 43,679 affected households and 346,755 tonnes of cleared debris.
Despite the efforts of hundreds of volunteers, the exact number of missing people remains elusive, as discrepancies exist between various online data sources.
Written by urgent.news from Free Malaysia Today's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
