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What is known about the foreign victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela

Por Equipe Editorial CifraNET · 27/06/2026
What is known about the foreign victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela
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EARTHQUAKE IN VENEZUELA
The death toll in the two earthquakes that shook Venezuela on Wednesday rose this Friday (26) to at least 1,430, including several foreign citizens.
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According to the head of UN humanitarian aid, Tom Fletcher, there are more than 50 thousand people missing.
See what is known so far on the identity of the victims of other nationalities:
Two Brazilians
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, a country that shares a border with Venezuela, reported that two citizens of the country - a man and a woman - died in the tragedy.
The government announced that it is providing consular assistance to the family members.
According to family members, one of the victims is Vanessa Zacarias da Silva, 44 years old, resident of the Federal District. She had lived in Venezuela for about two months and was in La Guaira, one of the areas most affected by the tremors.
Vanessa Zacarias da Silva
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The other Brazilian victim is pastor Romildo Batista de Lima, aged 69, from Uberlândia, in the Triângulo Mineiro. According to his family, he was hit by a collapsing wall while trying to protect himself with his wife. The two were rescued, but Romildo did not resist.
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Twenty-eight Portuguese dead
The Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that a total of 28 Portuguese citizens or descendants of Portuguese died in the two earthquakes and that another 85 are missing.
Six Spanish dead and 133 not located
At least six Spaniards have died and 133 are missing, according to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Updated data released this Saturday indicates that 14 Spaniards were located under the rubble, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, in an audio message released by his ministry.
On January 1, 2026, 147 thousand Spaniards resided in Venezuela, according to data from the Ministry of Migration of Spain. Spain.
An Italian-Venezuelan
A man born in Caracas in 1970, Venezuelan and Italian citizen, died after the collapse of a building in the state of La Guaira, announced the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rome estimates that almost 170,000 people with Italian passports live in Venezuela.
Two Chinese
Two Chinese citizens were confirmed among the victims of the earthquakes as of Thursday afternoon, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the embassy in Caracas.
The diplomatic representation published a statement on the messaging platform WeChat in which it called on Chinese citizens in Venezuela to "take precautions in the face of secondary disasters caused by aftershocks and others earthquakes".
Venezuela receives help from other countries

Source: G1

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