Local Venezuelan community ‘devastated’ by twin earthquakes

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – For more than a decade – Verónica Gutiérrez and her parents have worked hard to bring a taste of Venezuela to Portland.

“We just wanted to be ambassadors of our country,” she said.

But Thursday, her mind was not on the food served at La Arepa. It was back home — on the devastating aftermath of back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that hit Wednesday evening…

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