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Entrepreneurship, a way to overcome the tragedy of earthquakes in Venezuela

Two months after the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela, which killed 6,500 and left over 17,900 homeless, survivors in La Guaira are starting small businesses in shelters and damaged homes to regain normalcy.

Earthquakes on June 24 killed 6,500 and left 17,900 homeless in Venezuela.

La Guaira is the hardest-hit state, with over 100 buildings collapsed or demolished.

Local Chamber of Commerce reports an 80% drop in income for the productive sector.

Tourism is nearly paralyzed, but fishing and small activities are resuming.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-08-23 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.