Venezuela earthquakes: Death toll climbs to 1,500 as rescue efforts continue while refinery shuts down

Rescue teams raced on Sunday to find more survivors of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela last week, with signs of life bringing occasional relief to a grim search as tens of thousands of people remained unaccounted for.

The death toll from Wednesday’s twin earthquakes neared 1,500 as foreign rescue teams poured into La Guaira, the hardest-hit state of a country long mired in political and economic crisis....