The death toll from the earthquakes in Venezuela has surpassed 1,400, and international aid efforts are intensifying.

The death toll from the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela has risen above 1,400, while search and rescue operations continue in the hardest-hit areas, including the coastal state of La Guaira and some neighborhoods of Caracas.

More than 1,600 foreign rescue workers have already arrived in the country, and other teams are en route to reinforce operations. Venezuelan authorities are continuing their search for survivors amid the rubble, while aftershocks continue to worry the population.

In Caraballeda, one of the hardest-hit towns in La Guaira, American helicopters transported rescue teams to the disaster areas. Witnesses reported that the aircraft dropped off rescuers before taking off again for further trips.

Among the many volunteers is Alejandro Serrano, a 33-year-old industrial engineer who came from San Cristóbal to find his 24-year-old sister Ana, who disappeared after the collapse of her building, Bahía Mar, in Caraballeda.

After searching the Pérez Carreño hospital in Caracas in vain, he passed on information about his sister to the Argentine and Salvadoran rescue teams.

"I hope they don't find her" under the rubble, he said, expressing his hope that she was still alive. "But I have to find her."

In several neighborhoods, residents are denouncing an uneven response from the emergency services, even though heavy equipment is now being deployed in certain areas of Caraballeda and Los Corales.

In Valle del Pino, a neighborhood of Los Corales, Beisy Rivas, 60, explains that several homes are still standing but severely damaged.

"Since the night of the earthquakes, almost all the neighbors have been sleeping in the street because of the aftershocks," she said. "I'm very anxious; I'm thinking about the dead and the people who have lost loved ones."

Her neighbor, Yendri Santana, indicated that many houses have significant cracks. Her sister lost her home but survived.

"It hurts to see people fight so hard only to lose everything in the end," she confided.

Authorities are maintaining access restrictions to La Guaira and checkpoints on the main road connecting it to Caracas, arguing that civilian traffic is hindering emergency response efforts. Only accredited personnel or members of rescue teams are permitted to pass through the checkpoints.

Electricity is gradually returning to the affected areas, but the Venezuelan power grid, weakened by years of underinvestment and economic sanctions, continues to suffer significant disruptions.

Authorities have not yet released a final death toll. More than 55,000 people are still missing, while the search continues in extremely difficult conditions.