Hundreds of bodies are being buried without identification in Venezuela, following the devastating earthquakes of June 24. A decision announced on July 6 reveals not just an emergency response, but a total collapse of the state.
In La Guaira, the country's main port has become a burial site. Without operational refrigeration, bodies degrade rapidly, erasing identities and memories. The tragedy was compounded by the deaths of local leadership, creating a command vacuum.
The official argument of "sanitary necessity" is also a surrender. Each body buried without a name represents oblivion, leaving families in uncertainty. Venezuela is losing its dead twice: in the tragedy and in the impossibility of identifying them.
