The latest balance of victims of the two earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday (24) is 1,430 people, including citizens from several countries.
See what is known this Saturday (27) about the foreign victims:
Two Brazilians
Itamaraty reported on Thursday (25) that two Brazilian citizens – a man and a woman – died in the tragedy.
The government announced consular assistance to their family members, the ministry said.
Twenty-eight Portuguese or Portuguese descendants
Portugal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that 28 Portuguese or Portuguese-descendants had died and 85 were missing, while revising an earlier report upwards.
Seven Chinese
Among those killed by the earthquake are seven Chinese citizens, state broadcaster CCTV in Beijing reported this Saturday, citing data from the embassy in Caracas.
The Chinese diplomatic mission published a statement on its official WeChat account asking Chinese citizens in Venezuela to “take precautions against secondary disasters caused by aftershocks and other earthquakes.”
Six Spaniards
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Manuel Albares, indicated this Saturday that at least six Spanish citizens died and the number of missing rose to 133, of which 14 are known to be under the rubble.
As of January 1, 2026, 147,000 Spaniards resided in Venezuela, according to data from the Spanish Ministry of Migration.
A Chilean
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, a country that is home to a large part of the Venezuelan diaspora, reported on Friday night (26) “that the death of a Chilean citizen in the earthquakes in Venezuela has been confirmed”.
The ministry said it was offering his family “assistance, guidance and emotional support.”
A Uruguayan
A Uruguayan citizen who worked as a photographer and lived “for a long time” in Venezuela died after the two earthquakes, the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this Saturday.
The man’s wife and one of his daughters also died, the ministry added.
An Italian-Venezuelan
A man born in Carcas in 1970, a Venezuelan and Italian citizen, died after the collapse of a building in the state of La Guaira, the European country’s ministry announced on Thursday.
Rome estimates the number of people with Italian passports in Venezuela at around 170,000.
