Venezuela: 'An earthquake of this magnitude would have put in difficulty any country on this planet'

William Hilderbrandt is pleased to welcome Paolo Cravero, Senior Officer for Communications and Media Relations at the IFRC. The devastating earthquake in Venezuela has exposed not only the immense human cost of a natural disaster, but also the complex interplay between humanitarian response, state capacity, and international solidarity.

Carvero, ever-so-carefully avoids political judgement while presenting a broader humanitarian framework through which to understand the crisis. Rather than fram