US military to help Venezuela airport, seaport reopen for aid

WASHINGTON — US military personnel were arriving in quake-hit Venezuela to help expand airport capacity and reopen a key seaport to support relief efforts, the US Southern Command said in a statement on Sunday. Simon Bolivar International Airport, which serves the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, was partially reopened Saturday after suffering damage in Wednesday’s twin quakes along the country’s northern coast. A team of about 100 airmen with airfield management expertise and related equipment arrived Sunday to assist local authorities in “expanding the vital flow of inbound and outbound air traffic,” the SOUTHCOM statement said. READ: Venezuela earthquakes kill almost […]... Keep on reading: US military to help Venezuela airport, seaport reopen for aid