Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel signed a book of condolences on Monday at the Venezuelan embassy in Havana for the victims of the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela, as Cuban rescue and medical teams continue their disaster-response work in the South American country, according to a report from the Cuban Presidency on social media.

The president also stated that Cuban health workers and rescuers would remain in Venezuela for as long as necessary.

RELATED: Venezuela Maintains Rescue Efforts 12 Days After Quakes

Accompanying Díaz-Canel at the Venezuelan diplomatic mission were National Assembly President Esteban Lazo, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, and acting Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver.

Médicos y rescatistas cubanos, en representación de nuestra Patria, contribuyen modestamente en las acciones de rescate y atención a los afectados.

Permanecerán allí el tiempo que sea necesario.

| https://t.co/5u5w5YpNlw pic.twitter.com/2v9dmENZVZ

— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) July 6, 2026

Rescue and salvage specialists have joined the island’s medical brigade already operating in Venezuela, with both groups engaged in searching for people trapped under collapsed buildings and providing care to the injured following the seismic doublet considered the deadliest earthquake event Venezuela has experienced in the past century.

A team of eight Cuban forensic doctors, consisting of five coroners, two forensic anthropologists, and a thanatology technician, has been working on identifying the deceased in La Guaira, the state that sustained the heaviest damage from the tremors.

The latest official bulletin reported that the earthquakes have killed at least 3,535 people, injured 16,740, and led to 6,462 rescues. A total of 17,854 people lost their homes, while 190 buildings collapsed and 856 others sustained damage.

From teleSUR English via This RSS Feed.