Active Response
Updated: 28 JUN 2026 · 22:57 MDT
AS OF 27 JUN 2026: 2,741+ foreign rescuers on the ground · 30+ USAR teams from 37+ nations · Costa Rica, Turkey & Qatar confirmed on ground Jun 28 · EU Civil Protection Mechanism activated · 25 additional flights expected in next 24 hours
Global Response Overview
Foreign Rescuers On Ground
2,200+
UN News confirmed, Jun 27
↑ 30+ USAR teams · 37+ nations
People Rescued
276+
↑ Confirmed alive from rubble
Int'l teams + local responders
Nations Contributing
37+
USAR teams + bilateral aid
↑ Confirmed 37+ nations responding
EU Responders
520+
8 EU member states · Civil Protection
— Czechia, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Luxembourg
LatAm Responders
700+
El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru (en route)
— Rough estimate from pledges
UN Emergency Allocation
$15M
OCHA CERF urgent release, Jun 26
— + $100M from U.S. pooled fund
Search Dogs Deployed
140+
Across 30 international USAR teams
— U.S.: 18 · EU: 30+ · LatAm: 20+
Intl. Flights Received
42+
As of Jun 28 · 17 initial + 25 follow-on
↑ Additional flights incoming
People Potentially Affected
6.76M
IOM estimate · ~2M in Caracas
↑ Pre-existing 8M needed aid
Country-by-Country Deployment
NORTH AMERICA
🇺🇸
United States
North America
Active
👷DART rescuers250+
🚒USAR teams4 teams
🚢Naval ships2
✈️Aircraft (MV-22, CH-47, C-17)Multiple
💰Aid committed$150M+
💵2nd package (9-figure)Imminent
🇨🇦
Canada
North America
Active
👷Burnaby USAR teamOn ground
✈️DeploymentJun 28
🏛️Authorized byPM Carney
LATIN AMERICA
🇸🇻
El Salvador
Central America
Active
👷Rescuers & paramedics300
📦Equipment & supplies50 tonnes
💊MedicinesIncluded
🐕Search dogsIncluded
🇲🇽
Mexico
North America
Active
👷Military rescue personnel250
🐕Search dogs5
✈️Aircraft4 + 1 drone
🏥Medical personnelIncluded
🇨🇴
Colombia
South America
Active
👷USAR team60+
🐕Dog teams4
📦Humanitarian aid12 tonnes
🚒Cali firefighters9
🇧🇷
Brazil
South America
Active
🚒Firefighters (Flight 1, KC-390)36
📡Comms & risk assessment8
📦Equipment (Flight 1)9 tonnes
🏥Field hospital (Flight 2, Sat)Full unit
💧Solar water purifiers100
🇪🇨
Ecuador
South America
Active
👷Urban search & rescue team46
📦Humanitarian assistanceIncluded
🇨🇱
Chile
South America
Active
👷Specialized rescue teamsDeployed
📦Humanitarian aidIncluded
🏥Medical supportIncluded
🇩🇴
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Active
👷Rescue teamsDeployed
🌐Aid typeUSAR
🇵🇪
Peru
South America
Active
🚁TransportFAP Military Aircraft
🐕SpecialtiesUSAR + Canine
📦AidHumanitarian supplies
🇨🇺
Cuba
Caribbean
Active
🏥Health workers (already in VZ)Mobilised
💊Medical servicesActive
🇦🇷
Argentina
South America
Active
👷Army troops on ground26
🐕Rescue dogs4
✈️Aircraft dispatched3 (Embraer + C-130 + Aerolíneas)
🏕️Shelter + water purification134 tents · 2 units
🇬🇹
Guatemala
Central America
Active
👷Relief workers50
📦Humanitarian aidIncluded
🇨🇷
Costa Rica
Central America
Active
👷USAR specialists48
📦Equipment12 tonnes
🏛️AuthorizationPresident Fernández
🇵🇦
Panama
Central America
Active
👷Rescue & humanitarian teamDeployed
📦AidIncluded
EUROPE
520+ responders via EU Civil Protection Mechanism · Copernicus satellite activated
🇪🇸
Spain
EU Member State
Active
🪖Military Emergency Unit (EMU)59 personnel
🚨Madrid Emergency & Rapid Response40 personnel
🐕Canine search units8 + 4 = 12
🔧Army engineers2
📡Geophones, ground-penetrating radarDeployed
🇩🇪
Germany
EU Member State
Active
👷THW SEEBA specialists48
🐕Search dogs4
✈️Bundeswehr C-130s committedMultiple
📦Malteser Intl. humanitarian aidSat flight
🇨🇭
Switzerland
Non-EU European
Active
👷Swiss Rescue Chain specialists80
🐕Search dogs8
📦Rescue equipment18 tonnes
🇳🇱
Netherlands
EU Member State
Active
👷USAR specialists64
🐕Search dogs8
💶Aid package€2M
🇫🇷
France
EU Member State
Active
👷Civil Security rescuers (4th & 7th Regts.)85
🏥Medical teamsIncluded
🐕Canine unitsIncluded
🪨Rubble clearance specialistsIncluded
🇮🇹
Italy
EU Member State
Active
✈️Air Force aircraft (first landed Sat)2 planned
🚒Fire brigade personnelIncluded
🏥Medical teamIncluded
🧱Civil protection departmentIncluded
🇨🇿
Czech Republic
EU Member State
Active
👷USAR rescuers70
🐕Search dogs8
🏝️Staging (Curaçao)19 members
🌐Via EU Civil ProtectionYes
🇱🇺
Luxembourg
EU Member State
Active
📡Telecommunications equipmentMobilised
🏕️Shelter equipmentMobilised
Energy equipmentMobilised
🇵🇹
Portugal
EU Member State
Active
👷USAR teamDeployed
🌐Via EU Civil ProtectionYes
ASIA · MIDDLE EAST · OTHER
🇮🇳
India
Asia
Active
✈️Military transport aircraft2
🏥Field hospital unitFull
📦Relief supplies, meds, equipment35+ tonnes
🇶🇦
Qatar
Middle East
Active
✈️Air bridgeDeployed
👷Security forces + medical personnelArrived
🏥Field hospitalDeployed
🇸🇾
Syria
Middle East
Active
🔍MissionSearch & Rescue
🌐Note1st intl SAR dispatch
🇮🇱
Israel
Middle East
Offered
🤝TypeAid delegation
📋StatusAssessment underway
🇨🇳
China
Asia
Pledged
🤝Offer to assistConfirmed
⚠️Deployment detailsTBC
🇦🇪
UAE
Middle East
Pledged
💰Aid committed$10M
📦TypeFood, medical, shelter
🏛️AgencyUAE Aid Agency
🇰🇷
South Korea
Asia
Pledged
💰Aid committed$5M
🌐Channelled viaUN organizations
📋StatusDisbursing
🇹🇭
Thailand
Asia
Active
👷Team typeUSAR (INSARAG)
📋StatusDeploying — pending departure
🇮🇷
Iran
Middle East
Offered
🤝Relief & rescue assistanceOffered
⚠️Deployment statusTBC
🇹🇷
Turkey
Eurasia
Active
👷AFAD + Turkish Armed ForcesOn Ground
✈️Military transport aircraft2
🏗️Operations at collapsed 14-story bldgLa Paez, La Guaira
🇷🇸
Serbia
Southeast Europe
Active
👷USAR teamDeployed
🐕Search dogsIncluded
🇱🇹
Lithuania
Baltic / EU
Active
👷USAR teamDeployed
📦Rescue equipmentIncluded
🇯🇴
Jordan
Middle East
Active
👷USAR teamDeployed
🐕Search dogsIncluded
UN System & Multilateral
UN & International Organizations Coordinating
OCHA
$15M
CERF emergency allocation. Coordinating 30 USAR teams on ground. UNDAC teams deployed. Additional OCHA staff mobilizing. Relief chief Tom Fletcher: "all hands on deck."
World Food Programme
Food for 10K+ families
Enough food pre-positioned in Venezuela to feed 10,000+ families for two months. Acting ED Carl Skau: "WFP is prepared to provide assistance."
UNICEF
$2.5M · 680K children
$1.5M from internal resources + $1M from Global Humanitarian Thematic Funding. 680,000 children need immediate assistance. Focused on child protection and immediate needs of affected children.
IOM
6.76M affected
Distributing emergency shelter materials and relief supplies. Estimates 6.76M people potentially impacted. IOM Dir. Gen. Amy Pope: "mobilizing with partners." Satellite analysis confirms 31.5% of buildings in Catia La Mar damaged. Swift displacement response underway.
UNDP
$6.7B est. damage
Assessment of satellite imagery, seismic modelling and population data estimated $6.7B in direct economic damage. Supporting recovery planning.
IFRC
$2.5M + CHF 50M appeal
Red Cross/Red Crescent emergency network activated across Venezuela. Emergency Appeal launched for CHF 50 million (~$90M USD) for full operations. First 17 metric tonnes of humanitarian supplies shipped from Panama regional hub. Nationwide hospitals and polyclinics remain operational.
EU Copernicus
Satellite mapping
CEMS Mapping activated in emergency mode. Using satellite imagery and geospatial data to map damage. Free mapping service for disaster responders on the ground.
European Union — Kaya Kallas (Jun 28)
€5M
EU Head of Diplomacy Kaya Kallas confirmed €5M emergency aid + EU Civil Protection Mechanism activated · 520 responders from 8 EU member states deployed (Czechia, Spain, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands) · statement posted Jun 28.
Venezuela Govt — Reconstruction Fund (Jun 27)
$200M
Delcy Rodríguez announced $200M reconstruction fund for rebuilding damaged hospitals and homes across La Guaira and Caracas states.
SOUTHCOM — Jun 27 Update
SOUTHCOM surging DoD capabilities: CRE deployed for airport surveys · C-17 transporting Miami-Dade USAR · MV-22 Ospreys airlifting personnel · UH-1Y from USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) providing airlift · CH-47 Chinooks pre-staged at Curaçao · satellite imagery provided to planners. (SOUTHCOM Instagram Jun 27)
State Dept Spokesperson Tommy Pigott — Jun 27
"By bringing international disaster response programs under the State Department, the U.S. government is able to respond more rapidly and more effectively to disasters. After the earthquakes in Venezuela, the U.S. immediately mobilized, activating urban search and rescue teams and the delivery of humanitarian and medical supplies." (ANI News, Jun 27)
Senior U.S. Administration Official — Jun 27
9-figure
"In addition to $150M already committed, the Trump administration is preparing an additional package right now of nine figures that we're going to announce in the next day or so." Miami-Dade teams federalized — first time in over a decade State Dept deployed USAR beyond USA-1 and USA-2. USAR teams repaired one runway at Simón Bolívar airport. (ABC News, Jun 27)
President Trump — Jun 27
"They experienced a massive earthquake, causing numerous fatalities right in Caracas, and we have many personnel deployed there to assist." Trump confirmed strong US-Venezuela relationship since Maduro's capture and emphasised whole-of-government response. (Guardian, Jun 27)
President Xi Jinping — Jun 26
Aid TBC
Xi sent condolences to Delcy Rodríguez and stated China stands ready to provide assistance for disaster relief and reconstruction. Chinese government and Red Cross Society of China confirmed providing emergency humanitarian aid. (China Daily, Jun 26)
UK PM Keir Starmer — Jun 27
£2M
UK committed £2M in humanitarian assistance and deployed 68-member search-and-rescue team including 6 specialist search dogs. UK RAF personnel prepared aid packages for deployment. (ABC Australia, Jun 27)
Vatican / Pope Leo XIV
€100,000
Emergency aid from papal charity fund. World Central Kitchen's José Andrés: team distributing meals in Caracas from Jun 25 · Longer Tables Fund pledged $1M additional.
IOM Dir. Gen. Amy Pope — Jun 27
31.5% damaged
"The first hours and days after a disaster are decisive. They shape everything that follows. IOM is scaling up rapidly: prepositioned relief items are being deployed; working with Government and partners to deliver emergency shelter, essential supplies, and protection." Satellite analysis: 31.5% of buildings in Catia La Mar damaged. Swift displacement response underway.
OCHA — Jun 28
1,423 structures
At least 1,423 infrastructures confirmed affected across Venezuela. La Guaira state remains worst-hit. UNDAC teams coordinating 30 USAR teams on ground. UN field hospitals operational in La Guaira (3 field hospitals installed per La Vanguardia Jun 28).
Spain PM Pedro Sánchez — Jun 28
Expressed condolences for 9 Spanish nationals killed (updated from 5). 152 Spanish nationals missing (updated from 131), 14 located under rubble. 76 Spaniards repatriated on first flight to Torrejón de Ardoz. Spain deployed 99 rescuers + 12 dogs + specialist radar/geophone equipment.
State Dept Confirmed — Jun 28
Infant rescued
American USAR team pulled an infant alive from the rubble — confirmed by U.S. Department of State Saturday. One of multiple live rescues credited to international teams. Part of DART operation with 250+ personnel across 4 USAR teams.
Personnel by Region Estimated
Foreign Nationals Killed Confirmed
🇵🇹
Portugal
Strong diaspora presence in Venezuela
28 dead
85 missing
🇪🇸
Spain
Large expatriate community
9 dead
152 missing
🇨🇳
China
7 dead
🇮🇹
Italy
Italian-Venezuelan community
3 dead
35+ missing
🇧🇷
Brazil
Separate building collapses
2 dead
🇨🇱
Chile
1 dead
🇩🇴
Dominican Republic
1 dead
Full Deployment Summary
Ranked by Personnel Committed 28 JUN 2026
Country Region Personnel Dogs Equipment / Aid Status Notable
🇸🇻El SalvadorLatAm300Incl.50 tonnesActiveLive rescues posted by Bukele
🇲🇽MexicoLatAm25054 aircraft + droneActiveMilitary-led, 4 planes
🇫🇷FranceEurope85Incl.Active2 Civil Security regiments
🇨🇭SwitzerlandEurope80818 tonnesActiveSwiss Rescue Chain
🇳🇱NetherlandsEurope648€2MActiveEindhoven Air Base departure
🇪🇨EcuadorLatAm46Aid incl.ActiveUSAR team
🇩🇪GermanyEurope484Bundeswehr C-130sActiveTHW SEEBA, INSARAG-certified
🇪🇸SpainEurope9912Radar, geophonesActiveEMU + Madrid teams; 9 nationals killed
🇧🇷BrazilLatAm44+Field hospital, 9T + solarActiveField hospital Sat
🇦🇷ArgentinaLatAm264134 tents · water purif.ActiveLanded 2:30am Sat · Caraballeda
🇬🇹GuatemalaLatAm50Humanitarian aidActiveASOVEGUA contingent · OCHA confirmed
🇨🇷Costa RicaLatAm48USAR + 12t equipActive48 USAR specialists · authorized by President Laura Fernández · Venezuelan Red Cross/IFRC request · FRANCE24 Jun 28
🇵🇦PanamaLatAmTBCUSAR + aidActiveOCHA confirmed Jun 27
🇷🇸SerbiaEuropeTBCIncl.Rescue equip.ActiveOCHA confirmed Jun 27
🇱🇹LithuaniaEuropeTBCRescue equip.ActiveOCHA confirmed · EU Civil Protection
🇯🇴JordanAsia/METBCIncl.Rescue equip.ActiveOCHA confirmed Jun 27
🇨🇴ColombiaLatAm60+4 teams12 tonnesActiveAlso felt quakes
🇮🇳IndiaAsiaTBC35+ tonnes, field hospitalActive2 military aircraft
🇮🇹ItalyEuropeTBCAir Force + medicalActive3 Italian-VZ dead
🇨🇱ChileLatAmTBCAid incl.ActiveEarthquake expertise
🇹🇷TurkeyOtherTBCActive2 military aircraft landed Caracas Jun 28 · AFAD personnel, medical teams, search dogs
🇶🇦QatarAsiaTBCActiveConfirmed Jun 27
🇩🇴Dominican Rep.LatAmTBCActive1 national killed
🇵🇪PeruLatAmTBCHumanitarian + canineActivePres. Balcázar ordered FAP aircraft Jun 27
🇨🇺CubaLatAmMultipleMedical servicesActiveAlready in-country
🇵🇹PortugalEuropeTBCActive28 nationals killed
🇱🇺LuxembourgEuropeTelecoms + shelter + energyActiveInfra specialist role
🇨🇿Czech RepublicEuropeTBCActive70-member team + 8 dogs on ground Jun 28 · 19 members on Curaçao (flight capacity) · EU Civil Protection
🇨🇦CanadaOtherTBCAid preparingActiveBurnaby USAR team on ground Jun 28 · PM Carney announced · mentioned by CNN/YouTube teams present
🇨🇳ChinaAsiaTBCTBCActive7 nationals killed · Red Cross aid confirmed · 500t supplies
🇻🇳VietnamAsia82Incl.Military USAR + medicalActiveMinistry of National Defence deployment · engineering USAR + canine + medical · Jun 28
🇺🇦UkraineEuropeTBCFirst responders TBCOfferedPres. Zelenskyy: "ready to send first responders" · Jun 28
🇮🇷IranAsiaTBCTBCOfferedTraditional ally
🇮🇱IsraelAsia/METBCTBCActiveNATAN team departed Sat night · IsraAID from Colombia · JDC + Venezuelan Jewish community already distributing food/water/medicine · no formal diplomatic ties — NGO networks
🇸🇾SyriaAsia/METBCUSAR teamActive1st intl SAR team Syria has dispatched; via AA Jun 27
🇦🇪UAEMiddle East$10M aidPledgedUAE Aid Agency coordinating food/medical/shelter delivery · Jun 26
🇰🇷South KoreaAsia$5M aidPledged$5M via UNICEF, WFP, IOM · Jun 26
🇹🇭ThailandAsiaTBCUSAR teamActiveINSARAG-certified USAR confirmed deployed · EU Civil Protection coordination · Jun 28