Consular Affairs

Fourteen Honduran students, mostly from Caracas, were evacuated and taken to the Honduras embassy after Venezuela was struck by earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, with dozens killed and hundreds injured across the country.

Fourteen Honduran medical students studying in Venezuela lost their belongings when powerful earthquakes struck; Honduras's Foreign Ministry says all are safe and has sheltered them at the embassy while academic authorities assess when they can return to their studies.