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A macabre darkness, the glare of spotlights, the droning of generators and jackhammers, and often the stench of decomposing corpses: eight days after the double earthquake in Venezuela, nighttime in La Guaira, once a festive seaside resort, has transformed into a grim scene of survival and despair.The vast majority of the nearly 2,300 dead and thousands missing from the tragedy of June 24 are concentrated on the coast of La Guaira, where entire neighbourhoods have been razed.Nearly 200 buildings have completely collapsed, according to official figures, but local people say the number is higher.Some 15,000 homeless people are sleeping in tents in the streets, sports facilities, parks, vacant lots after one of Latin America’s worst ever earthquake disasters.Everywhere, relatives, volunteers, and rescue workers are racing to recover bodies with the slim chance of finding survivors.But there have been glimmers of hope. Hernan Gil, 43, was astonishingly rescued from the rubble Thursday, eight days after the earthquakes, in Playa Grande, a neighbourhood of Catia La Mar.”Sandwich of slabs” On a neighbouring plot of land, under the glare of floodlights, about 10 people are working to excavate a six-metre-high mountain, the remains of an eight-story building that collapsed “like a sandwich of slabs,” explained Manuel Alejos, a crane operator.”We’re breaking slab by slab to free the bodies… Their families need the bodies to say their goodbyes,” said the crane operator, who has already pulled seven bodies from the building.”We still have the basement to do,” he said, still hoping to find survivors.The stench of corpses filled the air.Angelo Gonzalez, a 27-year-old motorcycle taxi driver, and his friends arrived with water and pasta: “We’re helping our brothers. We all have the same blood.”On the docks, people wait on plastic chairs. A makeshift morgue has been set up to meet the demand.Owuar Herrera and 12 members of his family have been waiting since 5pm. He brought the bodies of his granddaughter, 10-year-old Dasleidy Herrera, and her grandmother, 50-year-old Mildred Moreno, both killed in the earthquakes.”After a week of work, we found them today. They were embracing,” he says.In Caraballeda, the other hardest-hit area, only a pile of rubble remains of the upscale Coral Beach residence.At the top, men were also working with spotlights to recover the body of Dennis Velasquez, 26, the son of their friend.Plastic bottles had been placed over the protruding metal to prevent injuries. The men worked like ants, forming a chain to pass buckets of small concrete blocks.”We went past the penthouse, the 12th floor, and on the 11th we pulled out a family of six with a six-year-old child. On the 10th, there’s my son,” one of the rescuers, Carlos Velazquez, said.”I’ve been here since day one. Even if I have to pull him out with my own fingernails, my son will rest in a proper cemetery,” Velazquez said, his eyes filled with sadness but determination.His son’s body was recovered shortly afterward.Cesar Gonzalez, 54, a Mexican firefighter and veterinarian, gives his two dogs, Zeus and Bom, water: “One is for detecting the living, the other for the dead. The more time passes, the less hope there is. Just two days ago, hope was much greater. Now, it would be a miracle,” he explains.Already looted Police and soldiers are patrolling to prevent looting. Sergeant Yonder Maita, 24, is patrolling to protect rescue workers but especially to prevent theft: “There are people who break into houses to steal. Sometimes they pretend to be relatives. They take advantage of the situation.”On many walls, the words “Already looted” are painted in black.On a soccer field, Maria Arteaga, 33, a mother of four, is preparing to sleep in an improvised shelter made of tarpaulins and a Venezuelan flag.On the floor, dirty mattresses found in the street will serve as sleeping quarters for nine people.”The house… Everything, we’ve lost everything… Except our lives! We’re even barefoot.””We didn’t have much to begin with, but we’ve lost everything,” adds a neighbour, Alexis Ramirez, 25, a tyre repairman.He lives with his two-year-old daughter, Mia, his wife, Fabiola, who is seven months pregnant, and his disabled mother-in-law.Is he afraid of becoming homeless? Of more aftershocks? Of thieves?”We’ve lost our fear.” Related Story Source link
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New Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa insisted Tuesday he would be himself at the helm of the Spanish giants rather than trying to imitate Jose Mourinho.Arbeloa, who in his playing days at Madrid was an ally of his then coach Mourinho, has drawn comparisons to the Portuguese veteran for his approach to management.The 42-year-old former defender was appointed to replace Xabi Alonso on Monday after Real Madrid lost the Spanish Super Cup final against rivals Barcelona on Sunday.”I have not spoken to Jose yet. For me it was a privilege and an honour to be coached by Jose Mourinho,” Arbeloa told a news conference.”I have a great relationship with him… and obviously he was someone who influenced me a lot, I carry him within me.”(However) I am going to be Alvaro Arbeloa, because while it’s true I am not afraid of failing, and have never been, I’m sure that if I tried to be Jose Mourinho, I would fail spectacularly.”Mourinho, currently coaching Benfica, led Real Madrid between 2010 and 2013, winning one La Liga title.During that era he battled against Pep Guardiola’s dominant Barcelona when the fierce rivalry between the Catalans and Real Madrid was at its most bitter.Barca currently lead Madrid by four points at the top of La Liga and Arbeloa’s job is to revert the situation, although his first match in charge is at Albacete in the Copa del Rey last 16 on Wednesday.Arbeloa, who was coaching Madrid’s reserve side and previously working with the club’s youth teams before he was promoted, said success is the most important thing for the record 15-time European champions.”This club is winning, winning, and winning again. That demand on ourselves, showing the DNA of what brought us here, that has filled our trophy cabinets (is what I want),” continued Arbeloa.”When I was a player I received those values from the players in the dressing room, and for me that is the most important thing… to be able to excite the fans we have all over the world and try to leave those cabinets even more full.”That is my work, that is my obsession and what I will be living every day.”Madrid did not announce how long Arbeloa’s contract as first-team coach would be.”What I can tell you is that I’ve been here for 20 years, at home, and I will be at Real Madrid as long as they want me here,” added Arbeloa.”This is my home, that’s how I feel and that’s how it will always be.”No MbappeStriker Kylian Mbappe was absent as Arbeloa took charge of his first training session on Tuesday before the visit to face second-tier Albacete.Mbappe made his comeback from a knee sprain as a late substitute in the Spanish Super Cup final defeat by Barcelona on Sunday, but is likely to keep working on his recovery until next Tuesday’s Champions League match against his former side Monaco.A Real Madrid source told AFP it was “logical” that Mbappe was absent from training, given his knee issue.Former coach Alonso had admitted it was a calculated risk to involve Madrid’s top goalscorer in the match against Barca in Saudi Arabia.Arbeloa said he had a close relationship with Alonso, a former team-mate for Madrid and the Spanish national team.”Everyone here knows the bond that connects me to him, the friendship that connects me to him, how much I value him, how much I love him, and I know that’s mutual, has been mutual and will continue to be mutual,” said Arbeloa.Alonso, replaced after less than eight months at the helm, said on social media he was leaving the club having done the best he could.”Things didn’t go as I would have liked,” wrote the Basque coach on Instagram on Tuesday.”Coaching Real Madrid was an honour and a responsibility. I’m grateful to the club, the players and above all the fans for their confidence and support.”I leave respectfully, with gratitude, and the pride of having done the best I could.” Related Story Source link
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Spaniard Nani Roma led compatriot Carlos Sainz in a Ford one-two at the top of the Dakar Rally car standings Tuesday after a tough ninth stage in the Saudi Arabian desert for some frontrunners. Dacia’s previous leader and five times winner Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah slipped to third but still only one minute 10 seconds behind Roma, with Toyota’s South African Henk Lategan fourth – and with a further five minutes to make up. “I had three punctures today, but I think everyone had problems,” said Roma, who last led the Dakar 12 years ago when he won. “We are positive to be here.” Sainz said it had been hard to find the way at one point, with the cars taking a different route to the bikes and no longer having tracks to follow. “It was tricky navigation but what can we do? I don’t know which position we are in and how many minutes we have lost to the winner, we will see how we’ll be. It’s OK, no problem, we’ll see tomorrow. We’re absolutely ready for it,” al-Attiyah said Tuesday. Lategan described it as a “little bit of a disaster of a day” after getting lost, suffering a puncture, broken windscreen and loss of power steering. “I was driving with no power steering, extremely difficult in these cars because the wheels are so big so you have to have massive power to even turn the wheels,” he said.“And then we had some more punctures, got lost and we hit that bush in Seb (Loeb)’s dust that broke the windscreen. So we had to stop and kick the windscreen out because I couldn’t see from inside the car, put some goggles on and carry on going.” The 410km stage from Wadi Ad Dawasir to the overnight bivouac, first half of a marathon stage, was won by 21-year-old Polish non-factory Toyota driver Eryk Goczal. He finished seven minutes ahead of his uncle Michal, also with the Energylandia team, while father Marek was in 31st position. Australian Toby Price, a double Dakar winner on motorcycles, was third on the stage for Toyota. Sainz, 63, was handed a one minute 10-second penalty for speeding and finished the stage seventh but ahead of most of his rivals, including Roma in eighth. The four times Dakar winner is now 57 seconds behind Roma, who also won on a motorcycle in 2004. Sweden’s Mattias Ekstrom, who had been second overall for Ford, lost a lot of time with a navigation error and dropped to fifth and 11 minutes and 19 seconds off the pace. Dacia’s nine times world rally champion Loeb was sixth. Spaniard Tosha Schareina won the stage in the motorcycle category for Honda, with KTM’s Argentine rider Luciano Benavides losing the way and his overall lead to Australia’s defending champion Daniel Sanders. Sanders, also on a KTM, led Honda’s American Ricky Brabec by six minutes and 24 seconds. The race, which ends on Saturday on the Red Sea coast, is the first round of the World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) season. Related Story Source link
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