Coverage dated September 30, 2026

AP investigation: Warnings ignored as Venezuela coastal towers faced quake forces they couldn’t take

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CARABALLEDA, Venezuela (AP) — Scientists had warned the government not to build along Venezuela’s coastal strip of La Guaira. The area’s seaside Caribbean communities, not far from Caracas, were near a major fault line and a mountain range that had unleashed repeated, destructive natural disasters.

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    CARABALLEDA, Venezuela (AP) — Scientists had warned the government not to build along Venezuela’s coastal strip of La Guaira. The area’s seaside Caribbean communities, not far from Caracas, were near a major fault line and a mountain range that had unleashed repeated, destructive natural disasters.

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