Carolina Jimenez

“[The] response has come from citizens, from civil society, from humanitarian workers, from volunteers — but not from the government,”

Carolina Jimenez · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-01

Jimenez said the disaster response has come from civil society and volunteers rather than the government.

“In a government in any other country, the first responder should be the state,”

Carolina Jimenez · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-01

Jimenez told Al Jazeera that the slow government response has caused growing anger towards the state.

“In the case of Venezuela, the state has been the last responder.”

Carolina Jimenez · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-01

Jimenez contrasted Venezuela's state response with what would be expected in other countries.