Venezuela’s quake response raises frustration over its U.S.-backed government

A person searches for victims on June 27 amid debris of a collapsed building after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, in Los Corales, Venezuela. Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images

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LOS CORALES, Venezuela — A backhoe is digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed in this town on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast during last week’s back-to-back earthquakes. But the government backhoe operator never showed up, so local residents passed the hat for donations to