The administration proclaimed itself a leader of the Western Hemisphere under the "Donroe Doctrine." A natural disaster has put that to the test.

The earthquakes that hit Venezuela 6 days ago may have damaged or destroyed 58,000 buildings, NASA says, as rescuers race the clock to find survivors.

After eight days buried under tonnes of rubble following two deadly earthquakes in Venezuela, despair turned to joy when security guard Hernan Gil was pulled out alive by rescue workers on Thursday. CNN’s Isa Soares describes the herculean effort by rescue teams from all over the world to save the trapped man,

BBC correspondent Will Grant reports from Caraballeda, La Guaira, where locals are still desperately searching for family members in the rubble.

International teams were joining search efforts on Saturday after twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people in northern Venezuela and left many trapped.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks shook Oak Harbor with over 1,000 people reporting they felt shaking.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled parts of northern California on Wednesday morning, June 24.

Rescue teams in Venezuela pulled an earthquake victim alive from the rubble eight days after the disaster, but as crews are in a race against time as hope for finding more survivors fades.