Offers of rescue support, aid and condolences continued to pour in for Venezuela on Friday, a day after two powerful earthquakes killed at least 235 people and injured more than 1,500.
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United Nations-certified rescuers will help search for quake survivors, interim president Delcy Rodriguez said in a televised message.
Turkey said a 67-strong team of search and rescue experts, medics and aid workers with two search dogs and three rescue vehicles would leave Istanbul Friday morning in two military planes.
Spain and France were sending dozens of specialists, and Germany promised six military transport planes.
Switzerland mobilized 80 personnel, eight rescue dogs and 18 tonnes of equipment to be sent to Venezuela as soon as possible.
Dutch Foreign Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma announced a two-million-euro aid package to deploy a search-and-rescue team, while the Czech Republic said its team was preparing to fly in.
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