Delcy Rodríguez defends the government's response as her interim mandate expires while search teams continue operations after twin earthquakes that officials say killed 2,595 people and injured about 12,400.The government approves a reconstruction fund after a United Nations Development Program estimate of $6.7B in damages, about 6% of GDP, while opposition leader María Corina Machado and exile critics accuse officials of neglect and report more than 38,000 missing.International aid includes 11
field hospitals and teams from more than 30 countries; the United States and other governments signal continued support even as political uncertainty grows over the transition following the capture of
Nicolás Maduro.