Brazil Deploys 100 Military Personnel, Field Hospital in La Guaira After Venezuela Earthquakes

Brazilian Defense Minister José Múcio Monteiro, special envoy of President Lula da Silva, met in Caracas to emphasize the proximity between Caracas and Brasília and to continue working with Venezuela in the emergency response after two earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitudes struck on June 24.

TeleSUR English said the Brazilian delegation activated a contingent of 100 Brazilian military personnel for the mission, including 40 health professionals and 60 infantry soldiers from the Environmental Disaster Immediate Response Force (FRIDA) of the Brazilian Navy.

CPG Click Petróleo e Gás

TeleSUR English reported that Brazil promptly established a fully equipped field hospital in La Guaira with the capability to perform 200 daily medical consultations, and that the technical equipment dispatched included telecommunications gear with spectrum analyzers and high-sensitivity antennas to track cell phone signals emitted from under collapsed rubble.

TeleSUR English added that the initial Brazilian operation is slated to remain in Venezuela for 15 days, with a potential extension for another 15 days, as Acting President Rodríguez, accompanied by FM Yván Gil and other ministers, expressed gratitude for Brazil’s gesture of brotherhood.

Big News Network said India intensified its humanitarian assistance to earthquake-hit Venezuela under Operation Amistad, deploying rescue personnel, field hospitals, medicines and relief supplies as the death toll continued to rise.

Big News Network cited an Indian Embassy post on X saying, "OperationAmistad India has intensified its efforts for disaster relief in Venezuela with a healing touch to those affected by the earthquake."

Folha de S.Paulo

Big News Network reported that, according to CNN, the death toll from the powerful earthquakes has risen to 1,719, citing National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, and that at least 22,619 people have been affected including 5,034 injured.

Big News Network also said the US Geological Survey estimates there is a 44 per cent chance that the final death toll could exceed 10,000, while it reported 609 aftershocks since the earthquakes struck on June 24.

Folha de S.Paulo reported that the Brazilian Navy began operating a mobile hospital to treat earthquake victims in the city of La Guaira, described as the epicenter of the humanitarian crisis, and said the facility can perform up to 150 patient visits per day.

“Amid a wave of international missions dispatched in force to Venezuela, the Brazilian Navy began operating a mobile hospital to treat the victims of the earthquakes in the city of La Guaira, the epicenter of the humanitarian crisis”

Folha de S.Paulo

Folha de S.Paulo said Commander Leonel Mariano explained that the field hospital has a surgical center and capacity to admit up to ten beds for up to 48 hours, and that the mission counts 49 service members including 38 men and 11 women with another 46 set to arrive.

CPG Click Petróleo e Gás said the Navy’s Expeditionary Medical Unit (Umem) team includes a surgeon, anesthetist, orthopedist, pediatrician, intensivist, clinicians, and nursing professionals, and that the structure can perform up to 150 atendimentos per day.

CPG Click Petróleo e Gás added that the World Health Organization (WHO) said Venezuela’s hospital network is facing a growing collapse after last week’s disaster, placing medical care at the center of attention for Venezuelan authorities.