At least 1,450 people have died since devastating earthquakes in Venezuela. In La Guaira and Caracas, rescue teams are digging through the rubble. Follow for live updates

"I wish to express my closeness to the Venezuelan sisters and brothers affected by the recent earthquakes ​that caused numerous victims and injuries," the pontiff ​said in Spanish before worshippers g...

Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions peaked over inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and...