'Pre-existing vulnerabilities: Venezuela already experiencing economic turmoil, displacement crisis'

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Elinor Raikes. Vice President and Head of Program Delivery at the International Rescue Committee. According to Raikes, earthquakes expose and amplify the vulnerabilities that already exist beneath the surface of a society. She suggests that the devastation unfolding in Venezuela is not solely the consequence of seismic forces, but the collision of a major natural disaster exacerbated by economic collapse, displacement, weakened public services, and shrinking humanitarian funding. Rakes warns the earthquake is not a short-term emergency but rather the beginnin