WATCH: Desperate Venezuelans Hunt for Scrap Metal Across 1.2M Tonnes of Quake Debris!

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A brutal economic scramble has emerged in the wake of Venezuela's catastrophic June 24 twin earthquakes, as hundreds of impoverished citizens and professional scavengers scour massive, makeshift debris dumps along the devastated La Guaira coastline for scrap metal and abandoned valuables to secure basic food supplies. According to a preliminary assessment by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the seismic event generated an estimated 1.2 million tonnes of rubble across the state, heavily overwhelming local infrastructure and forcing municipal bodies like the Ministry of Ecosocialism to hastily convert public spaces, including the local 'El Agua' water park, into highly contested disposal sites. The grim hunt for salvageable copper, aluminum, and wire networks unfolds as the official domestic death toll climbed sharply to 4,561 fatalities and 16,740 injuries on Monday. National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez confirmed that the twin shocks heavily compromised 856 structu

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