{"id":3174,"date":"2026-06-25T22:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:36:25","slug":"helping-venezuela-aid-for-earthquake-victims-starts-to-flow-into-el-arepazo-in-doral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3174","title":{"rendered":"Helping Venezuela: Aid for earthquake victims starts to flow into El Arepazo in Doral"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck on Wednesday in Venezuela, Ana Alcantara said she felt overwhelming anguish \u2014 then she took action. <\/p>\n

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The Miami-Dade resident joined the world\u2019s Venezuelan diaspora in their struggle to communicate with loved ones after the tragedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t hear from my sister for hours last night,\u201d Alcantara said. \u201cMy niece was able to tell me that she spoke to her.\u201d <\/p>\n

Alcantara has been following the rising death toll as the search and rescue efforts continued. She is worried about the urgent needs of the survivors, so she dropped off donations at El Arepazo in Doral.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need food, medicines,\u201d Alcanta said. \u201cWe need a lot; we need everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayor Christi Fraga partnered with the local Global Empowerment Mission, a nonprofit founded in response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. <\/p>\n

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El Arepazo, one of four drop-off locations for donations that GEM plans to deliver to Venezuela, opens 24 hours, seven days a week, at 10191 NW 58th St. <\/p>\n

The list of items needed included first aid kits; emergency gear such as flashlights, heavy-duty batteries, solar phone chargers, and work gloves; and baby care, such as diapers.<\/p>\n

The need for aid rises amid an uncertain political transition under acting interim President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, who has been cooperating with President Donald Trump after Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s capture. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not going to give up. We are never going to give up, and we are going to be able to be free and rebuild,\u201d Alcanta said. \u201cWe have to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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