La Guaira (Venezuela) (AFP) – Boos followed Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodriguez during a visit to a Caracas neighborhood pulverized by two massive earthquakes.

“The government isn’t doing anything for the people,” residents yelled from behind a cordon on Friday, many of whom had loved ones trapped under the debris.

“Get out! Get out!” they shouted at Rodriguez.

Three days after powerful tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 killed 1,430 people and left more than 50,000 missing, fury with perceived governmental inaction is mounting – as is the feeling of helplessness.

People in Caracas and the hard-hit state of La Guaira further north have resorted to using their hands to dig through the detritus for survivors and victims, in the absence of official support.

In La Guaira, the search was on to rescue nine-year-old Dana, who had spent more than 18 hours trapped under the rubble.

Those digging for her listened to her cries for help alongside her mother’s uncontrollable sobbing.

“Since last night we’ve been trying to get the little girl out and you can hear her voice there,” 48-year-old neighbor Dani Rizo told AFP.

“She’s dead,” he said hours later, misery etched into his face.

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