Chinese Venezuelans turn community networks into lifeline after earthquakes

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Following twin earthquakes exceeding magnitude 7 in northern Venezuela, Chinese Venezuelans have utilized their established community networks to provide aid. Lutao Cen, a resident of Margarita Island, learned of the devastation through social media, including the serious injury of a friend and the death of his friend's daughter in La Guaira. The earthquakes, Venezuela's deadliest in decades, have resulted in significant casualties and displacement. Chinese migrants, who have a long history of establishing businesses in Venezuela, are responding to the crisis by leveraging their connections, which span from Guangdong to Caracas, to deliver essential supplies to affected communities.

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Chinese Venezuelans drew on community networks to deliver aid after the earthquakes.

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Chinese migrants built businesses in Venezuela for generations.

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A close friend of Lutao Cen, chairman of the local Chinese association, was seriously injured, three workers were killed, and his 13-year-old daughter died beneath the rubble.

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The earthquakes killed nearly 1,500 people, injured more than 3,100, and displaced over 12,700.

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Twin earthquakes measuring above magnitude 7 struck northern Venezuela within two minutes.

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Lutao Cen was swimming off Margarita Island, where he has lived for four decades, when twin earthquakes measuring above magnitude 7 struck northern Venezuela within two minutes.Only after returning to shore did he learn what had happened.Messages flooded his WeChat feed. Friends in Caracas, Valencia and Maracay described buildings collapsing and streets filled with dust. Then came the news he had feared most.A close friend in La Guaira, chairman of the local Chinese association, had been seriously injured after his shop collapsed. Three workers were killed. His 13-year-old daughter died beneath the rubble.“I was devastated,” Cen said.Lutao Cen (right) joins volunteers on Margarita Island as trucks carrying food, water and other donated supplies prepare to leave for communities affected by the earthquake.For generations, Chinese migrants built businesses in Venezuela. After the country’s deadliest earthquake in decades – which has killed nearly 1,500 people, injured more than 3,100 and displaced over 12,700 – they responded not as outsiders but as Venezuelans, drawing on community networks that stretched from Guangdong to Caracas to deliver aid when it was needed most.

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