CARACAS, July 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Venezuela's interim President Delcy 
Rodriguez said on Tuesday the international airport damaged in the twin 
earthquakes would reopen as soon as possible using an alternative runway.

Simon Boliver International Airport is in La Guaira, north of Caracas and 
epicenter of the June 24 twin earthquakes that toppled scores of residential 
buildings and killed more than 3,500 people.

The airport has been partially open to humanitarian flights.

"I ordered the immediate activation of an alternative plan to allow 
commercial flights to resume as soon as possible using the airport's parallel 
runway," Rodriguez said in a message on her Telegram account.

One of Latin America's worst earthquake disasters has left thousands of 
people homeless and thousands more still missing, especially in the badly 
damaged La Guaira area.

US airmen and military experts have been helping to reopen the airport and 
also repair the quake-hit port in La Guaira to help delivery of supplies and 
equipment.