Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela, causing widespread damage

The lead

Back-to-back powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela, causing widespread damage AP News

Why it matters

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What sits behind it

The landscape around back, back, powerful, earthquakes, hit has been shifting for some time, and AP News places this development within that longer trajectory.

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Our take

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