Power supply had been restored to 75 percent, water supply to 68 percent, and road traffic to about 90 percent in the hardest-hit La Guaira, with road access and vehicle movement largely back to normal, Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez said on Sunday.
Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said Sunday that the death toll from two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela Wednesday has risen to 1,450.
Although the critical 72 hours following the earthquake have passed, multiple rescue teams from Venezuela and around the world are continuing with their search and rescue operations in the disaster-stricken areas.
On Sunday local time, a father and son were rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira.
On the same day, several other trapped individuals were also rescued.
Rodriguez said on Sunday that 33 people had been rescued over the past weekend, including several children, but tens of thousands remain unaccounted for, and time is running out to find more survivors.
Power, water supply gradually restoring in La Guaira after earthquakes
The United States and Iran have agreed to pause mutual attacks "for now" and hold talks on Tuesday in Doha, the capital of Qatar, to work out their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. media outlet Axios reported Sunday.
The two sides will stand down "for now" and "vessels can move freely" as technical talks are set to continue, a U.S. official was quoted as saying.
The Tuesday talks were originally set to be held in Switzerland and focused on Iran's nuclear program. However, renewed tensions in the Strait of Hormuz prompted the talks to be moved to Doha, shifting the focus to shipping security in the strategic waterway.
During negotiations in Switzerland a week ago, the U.S. delegation agreed with Iran to establish a "hotline" between the U.S. military and Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps to coordinate traffic in the strait.
However, as of Saturday, the "hotline" still wasn't operational, according to the report.
The United States conducted strikes on Iranian targets on Friday and Saturday, citing "continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping" in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by striking U.S. military positions in the region.
US, Iran to halt strikes "for now," to meet in Doha over Hormuz Strait: media
