As international rescue teams start departing from Venezuela, some Venezuelans have been digging through the rubble with their bare hands.
They are hoping for a miracle – to find loved ones alive and maybe more realistically – to recover their bodies.
CGTN's Michelle Begue has more from one of the hardest-hit Venezuelan cities, La Guaira.
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