Venezuela has declared a seven-day period of national mourning as the death toll from the June 24 earthquakes climbed to 2,295, with over 11,000 injured and 50,000 still missing. Interim President Delcy Rodriguez announced the decree, stating, “The soul of our country has been shattered by the loss of life.” In hard-hit La Guaira, rescue teams are marking cleared rubble with a “D” for deceased to streamline the desperate search for survivors. The disaster has displaced 13,000 people and pushed the local healthcare system to its absolute limit. Warning of critical shortages, the World Health Organization cautioned that low pre-quake vaccination rates have severely heightened the risk of measles and diphtheria outbreaks.