The president of Canarias, Fernando Clavijo (CC), continues to "worryingly" follow the situation of Canary Islanders living in Venezuela after an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 was registered "very close to the towns of the Jiménez municipality, such as Quíbor and El Tocuyo" in the early hours of this Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares (PSOE), has reported that he has no record of Spanish victims in the strong earthquakes in Venezuela. At the same time, he has specified that it is still too early to assess the situation and, therefore, it cannot be ruled out that there may be some affected.
"All my support and that of Spain to the Venezuelan people after the devastating earthquakes tonight. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families," added the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, on X.
"It is still too early to assess the damage"
Clavijo, through a message published on his X social media account, has pointed out that "it is still too early to assess the damage," but has assured that his Executive maintains contact with the Canary community to "know their situation," as well as with the General Consulate of Spain in the Latin American country.
According to estimates by the regional government and consular records, currently nearly 70,000 Canary citizens live in Venezuela.
Thus, in an interview on RNE, Albares has expressed his solidarity with Venezuela, as have also the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, on social media.
At least 32 people have lost their lives and more than 700 have been injured this Wednesday in the Caribbean country as a consequence of two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that have caused material damage not yet quantified, according to the acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez.
Albares has assured that so far no Spaniard has been reported dead, but has noted the communication difficulties given the seriousness of the situation.
Therefore, he has asked to follow the social media of the Consulate of Caracas, which is monitoring the situation of Spaniards residing in Venezuela, while indicating that all the Ministry's emergency services are also fully operational.
The Spanish Cooperation Agency is also prepared to send the necessary emergency aid.
The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has expressed himself in similar terms on the same social network, where he stated: "Our thoughts are with Venezuela".
"All possible help to those who need it now. All solidarity with a brotherly people who have very difficult days ahead. And all our affection to so many Venezuelans in Spain who are facing this tragedy with enormous anguish," Feijóo wrote.