Venezuela latest: Displaced people to be housed in camps, president says, as people dig out relatives from rubble

This live page is now closed, but you can read more in our news story Displaced Venezuelans will be housed in temporary camps, acting President Delcy Rodríguez says Speaking on state TV, Rodríguez also announces a presidential commission to assess the safety of housing and infrastructure damaged by the earthquakes that struck last Wednesday More than 1,700 people are known to have been killed, Venezuela's National Assembly president says, but that number is expected to rise Earlier, a 21-year-old man was pulled from rubble in La Guaira state after being trapped for 106 hours - here's what our correspondents are seeing As rescue teams continue to search for survivors, locals are using crowbars, mallets and pickaxes to try to dig out loved ones, the BBC's Will Grant reports from Venezuela Meanwhile, there is anger among some residents at authorities, with a woman in Caracas telling the BBC's Yogita Limaye: "My son would be alive if the rescuers had arrived on time" Edited by Jack Burgess and Charlotte Hadfield, with Yogita Limaye, Orla Guerin and Will Grant reporting from Venezuela Aerial view of El Junquito, Venezuela on Monday after the twin earthquakes on Wednesday night We're pau
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