{"id":32380,"date":"2026-07-02T04:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/everything-blew-up-a-baseball-stadium-becomes-a-refuge-in-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T04:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:39:20","slug":"everything-blew-up-a-baseball-stadium-becomes-a-refuge-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/everything-blew-up-a-baseball-stadium-becomes-a-refuge-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Everything blew up’: A baseball stadium becomes a refuge in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Venezuelan authorities have declared seven days of national mourning. At least 2,295 people have died and 11,256 have been injured, with around 6,400 rescued so far.<\/p>\n

Fourteen camps for displaced people have been set up in La Guaira alone, as hospitals remain under severe strain and search and rescue operations continue.<\/p>\n

Two nights sleeping rough<\/h2>\n

\u00a9 UNOCHA\/Veronique Durroux<\/span>
\n Daniela Jaramillo with her son and her dog, which survived and gave birth in a camp in La Guaira state following the earthquakes of June 24.<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniela Jaramillo arrived at Playa Grande with her husband, her father, her five children \u2013 the youngest just ten months old \u2013 and the family dog, who was pregnant, after two nights sleeping rough outside a police station.<\/p>\n

The earthquake struck as the family talked in the hallway of their home. \u201cWe grabbed the children, put them in the middle and held on to each other,\u201d Ms Jaramillo said. \u201cWe watched the pieces coming down, the walls. The most important thing was protecting the children.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the shaking eased, they ran for a sturdier-looking building across the street \u2013 only for gas canisters to start exploding. They scaled a wall to reach open ground. \u201cEverything blew up,\u201d her father recalled.<\/p>\n

Two nights outdoors followed. \u201cWe were very afraid,\u201d Ms Jaramillo said. Her house was damaged but not destroyed, something she mentions almost apologetically, aware other families lost far more.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 UNOCHA\/Veronique Durroux<\/span>
\n The Playa Grande baseball stadium is a sports complex that now serves as a shelter and a temporary humanitarian aid center.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bodies under rubble<\/h2>\n

\u201cThank God we had no loss of life,\u201d she said. \u201cIt would be selfish to say a house is the most urgent thing right now. While we’re stable here, across the way there are still people trapped under rubble.\u201d<\/p>\n