A two-year-old boy has been found alive under rubble six days after Venezuela’s twin earthquakes.

The child, identified as Kleiber Moran, was extracted in La Guaira state, according to interim President Delcy Rodríguez.

Rodríguez called the rescue a rare bright spot for a shaken nation.

She described the child’s rescue as a “source of hope for our people.”

The Jordanian civil defence team that led the operation said Kleiber received first aid at the site before being transferred to hospital.

His condition was stable on arrival.

The Jordanian civil defence said Kleiber had been given first aid treatment, taken to a hospital and his vital signs were good.

He is being treated in the capital Caracas, Venezuelan Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez confirmed.

The rescue comes well beyond the window when most survivors are found.

Experts typically cite the first three days after a major quake as the period with the best odds for those trapped.

The fact that Kleiber was alive on day six has lifted spirits among rescuers and families still searching.

Jorge Rodríguez said Klieber’s rescue showed there was still hope of continuing to find people alive and that domestic and international teams were still searching through rubble.

The scale of devastation remains vast.

The quakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, have killed 1,943 people, injured more than 10,000, and left tens of thousands unaccounted for.

An initial NASA satellite assessment suggests 58,870 buildings were probably damaged or destroyed.

La Guaira is among the worst-affected areas.

Local residents have been digging through debris themselves as official teams race to reach remote neighborhoods.

The UN’s refugee agency warned that food is scarce, basic services have collapsed and communications are largely down in the state.

The agency said community tensions are rising as access to assistance remains constrained.

On the ground, desperation is visible.

Daniela Armas, an 18-year-old vendor injured when she fell from a motorbike during the tremors, said distribution points were chaotic.

She told AFP that some supplies were being distributed “but sometimes people nearly kill each other for food… it’s like a cockfight.”

The UNHCR said it needs an initial $15m to expand protection, relief items and temporary shelter for 30,000 earthquake-affected people over six months.

Health officials also sounded alarms.

The World Health Organization said services are under “extreme pressure.”

A WHO spokesman warned that low vaccination coverage now raises the risk of outbreaks.

Aid is beginning to arrive.

A UN spokesperson said a 47-tonne shipment landed on Tuesday, including emergency health kits, supplies for safe births, newborn care and disease prevention.

Authorities say shelters are open in La Guaira and other states.

At a makeshift morgue at La Guaira’s port, Wilker Molalla said he was trying to identify relatives pulled from the wreckage.

He explained the scale of his loss: “There were 11 people in my household,” he said.

“Only two of us survived because we were at work.”

International teams from the US, Mexico and dozens of other countries are still searching with dogs and heavy equipment.

Officials insist the effort will continue.

 

Jorge Rodríguez said shelters were already open in La Guaira and other states, he added.