Venezuela quakes kill 1,400 amid race to find survivors

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The UN migration agency said it had examined available population and damage data and had determined that "up to 6.76 million people could be affected," and would "require emergency shelter, safe water, sanitation and hygiene services, healthcare, protection support and essential relief items.
41% : " UN aid chief Tom Fletcher on Friday told AFP the death toll could continue to soar, adding that more than 50,000 people were missing.
41% : " National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez yesterday reported 1,430 dead and 3,238 people injured, while the UN estimated $6.7bn (€5.8bn) in physical damage - equivalent to 6% of Venezuela's GDP. 'Permit to save lives' Venezuelans - already battered by years of a failing economy and the turbulence of the US intervention to topple Maduro in January - were furious at the government.

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