{"id":3253,"date":"2026-06-26T23:04:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2026-06-26T23:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:04:47","slug":"helping-venezuela-goodwill-at-el-arepazo-feeds-global-empowerment-missions-team-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3253","title":{"rendered":"Helping Venezuela: Goodwill at El Arepazo feeds Global Empowerment Mission\u2019s team effort"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DORAL, Fla. \u2014 Andrea Brito was among the donors and volunteers who worked hard on Friday despite their pain after the devastating 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck Venezuela. <\/p>\n

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Brito, who was doing her part to push a flow of aid from South Florida to the disaster zone, couldn\u2019t stop thinking about her uncle Roberto Brito and aunt Kairol Pi\u00f1ero, who vanished on Wednesday in La Guaira.<\/p>\n

Brito, who had a flyer with pictures of them and Norelys Marrero, hopes they may still be alive and waiting for help under the rubble. Volunteers were searching, but they lacked machinery and tools.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to find resources to help lift the concrete that collapsed on top of them,\u201d said Brito at El Arepazo in Doral. <\/p>\n

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The Venezuelan restaurant, open 24 hours, seven days a week, at the Chevron gas station, at 10191 NW 58th St., was among the drop-off locations collecting aid to be delivered to the local nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission\u2019s warehouse in Doral. <\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t stopped crying since the earthquake,\u201d said Susanna Taddei, a Venezuelan-American LGBTQ+ rights activist who was dropping off aid at El Arepazo.<\/p>\n

Taddei said the civilians, who were trying to rescue survivors from the rubble, were in desperate need of equipment, tools, and parts such as grinding wheels to cut through metal. <\/p>\n

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