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At least 235 people were killed when two major earthquakes rocked Venezuela on Wednesday evening, the country's health authorities say.

A day after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes, the BBC's Vanessa Silva is in Caracas as rescuers continue to search through the rubble for survivors.

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