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A worker paints graves for unidentified victims of a June 24 earthquake at La Esperanza Cemetery in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, northeast of Caracas, on July 5, 2026. (Miguel Medina/Getty-AFP)

Cristina Guevara: What happens after the cameras leave a Venezuela torn apart by earthquakes

July 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Venezuela dominated our screens. We saw collapsed buildings and stories of improbable rescue. But reconstruction lasts longer than any news cycle.

Manuel Noriega watches as U.S. Drug Enforcement agents place chains around his waist aboard a C-130 transport plane on Jan. 4, 1990. (AP)

Cristina Guevara: Panama’s warning for a post-Maduro Venezuela

January 7, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The meaningful parallel between Panama in 1990 and Venezuela in 2026 is the governance vacuum that follows externally forced political rupture.