Venezuela After the Earthquakes - A Fragile State Exposed, an Opposition Tested
Jiménez, Maryhen
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de Alba, Mariano
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Verfassungsblog
2026-07-03
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On June 24, 2026, two earthquakes struck Venezuela with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5. As of 2 July, the official death toll has climbed past 2,295, and more than 38,600 people remain unaccounted for. Having lived through the disaster in Caracas and seeing people desperately crying for help, only reinforces our own empirical understanding of a state in decline. Democracy depends on social trust and a functioning state with administrative capacities. Within hours, what the earthquakes revealed was the extent to which those foundations have eroded in Venezuela.
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Jiménez, Maryhen
Authoritarianism
Crisis
State Capacity
United States
Venezuela
Venezuela
disaster relief
Venezuela
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https://verfassungsblog.de/venezuela-after-the-earthquakes/
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