People search for earthquake survivors in the collapsed OPPE 26 public housing complex in Caraballeda, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026. Residents, construction experts, and seismologists said for years that Venezuela’s public housing would be vulnerable in a natural disaster. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times) By JULIE TURKEWITZ, MARÍA VICTORIA FERMÍN and LOURERIO FERNÁNDEZ The soaring high-rises between the mountain and the sea were a deliberate statement, built by Venezuela’s…
