Venezuela

14 February 2005

More than 40 die as floods hit Venezuela

At least 40 people have died and over 3,000 homes damaged or destroyed after Venezuela was hit by a week of torrential rains.
27 August 2003

Community involvement key in Venezuela programmes

“I have learned a lot,” says Beatriz, who lives in Recta de Apolonio, a land occupation on the outskirts of San Felipe, capital of Yaracuy province.
7 March 2003

Cross-border Red Cross cooperation after Colombian car-bomb attack

An international team of more than 25 search and rescue volunteers from both the Colombian Red Cross and the Venezuelan Red Cross, were immediately deployed to ...
Pain remains for Venezuela's displaced flood victims
16 December 2002

Pain remains for Venezuela's displaced flood victims

The floods and mudslides that hit Venezuela three years ago were a landmark in the grim catalogue of natural catastrophes to affect Latin America.
Flooding expected to continue in Venezuela
12 August 2002

Flooding expected to continue in Venezuela

"I'm 53 years old and I have never seen a disaster on this scale," says Luis Gonzalez, a Red Cross volunteer in Guadalito, in the south-western Venezuelan state of Apure.

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