Argentina sends fresh rescue brigades to Venezuela as most foreign teams begin to withdraw

​A new contingent of Argentine rescue workers left for Venezuela on Sunday to relieve the search-and-rescue teams deployed after the June 24 twin earthquake, which according to the official toll has left 2,954 dead and more than 16,500 injured. The dispatch coincides with the start of the withdrawal of most international missions, at the point when operations are shifting away from rescuing survivors toward the recovery phase. Read MoreMercoPress​​Politics, Argentina, Latin America, Mercosur, Venezuela 

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