Venezuela’s Bungled Earthquake Response ^21%

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

Negativity Bias 25.3% - Unattributed Quote 19.5% - Framing Effect 15%

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