Venezuela: The terrible wages of socialism
Socialism and natural disasters are a lethal combination.
Monica Showalter | June 25, 2026
From the disaster of socialism to the real disaster of nature's power is only a matter of minutes
Such as we are seeing in the wake of Venezuela's monstrous 7.2 and 7.5 'doublet' earthquakes, the country's worst in more than 100 years, which struck the northern coast of the country less than an hour apart yesterday.
This many areas of the country have been affected: The sprawling metropolis of Caracas, known as Liberatador, and the states of Miranda, La Guaira, Carabobo, Aragua, and Falcon, according to the Caracas Chronicles. Obviously,
Yaracuy state, which is where the epicenter was must have been affected, it's the home state of one of our finest sources on Venezuela, Daniel Duquenal, who is now living abroad. If Yaracuy was affected, it's likely there are other states, such as Cojedes and Guarico affected, too. It's absolutely terrible to think about. It's the entire populated area on the coast, not the sparsely populated grasslands and dense jungle in Venezuela's center and south, where the force of nature hit hardest.
According to the latest data, 164 people have lost their lives and over 900 have been injured.