A man walks among the rubble of a building that collapsed in earthquakes the previous day in La Guaira, Venezuela, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo\/Pedro Mattey)<\/small><\/p>\n
2026-06-25T14:32:16Z<\/p>\n
World leaders reacted Thursday with messages of solidarity and offers of assistance after two powerful earthquakes<\/a><\/span> shook Venezuela, killing at least 164 people, injuring more than 1,000 and trapping many beneath collapsed buildings.<\/p>\n Wednesday evening\u2019s 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes were among the strongest to strike Venezuela<\/a><\/span> in more than a century and could be felt throughout the region.<\/p>\n Venezuelan officials were trying to make the most of the daylight hours to speed up efforts to rescue people believed to remain trapped under the rubble.<\/p>\n Here are some of the reactions from world leaders to the earthquakes in Venezuela.<\/p>\n \u201cThe United States extends our deepest condolences to the people of Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes,\u201d U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a><\/span> said on the social platform X.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica stands with the Venezuelan people during this difficult time and at the direction of President Trump, the State Department is immediately deploying search and rescue teams, medical resources, and humanitarian assistance to Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n French President Emmanuel Macron<\/a><\/span> took to social platform X to express France\u2019s solidarity with the Venezuelan people and said that a team of 85 French rescue workers specializing in search and clearance operations is \u201cbeing deployed immediately\u201d to Venezuela.<\/p>\n \u201cFrance stands ready, alongside its European partners, to provide assistance to the affected populations in response to the needs identified by the Venezuelan authorities,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\nUS State Secretary Marco Rubio<\/h2>\n
French President Emmanuel Macron<\/h2>\n
Mexico\u2019s President Claudia Sheinbaum<\/h2>\n