Venezuela’s Bungled Earthquake Response ^9.6%

Foreign Policy - By Catherine Osborn - 7/3/2026, 12:00 PM

Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.6% - Confirmation Bias 9.4% - Optimism Bias 8.8%

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Venezuela’s government struggles to respond to deadly earthquakes, Mercosur launches trade talks with Japan, and Ecuador and Paraguay declare national holidays after defeating Germany at the World Cup. On Shaky Ground more