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India launches Operation Amistad to aid quake-hit Venezuela with medical supplies and relief

India launched Operation Amistad, deploying two C-17 Globemaster aircraft with a 41-member rescue team and medical supplies to earthquake-hit Venezuela on Friday. The mission, initiated a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed sorrow over the devastation, aims to support rescue efforts in the country where the death toll nears 1,000.

This humanitarian response demonstrates India's commitment to international disaster relief and strengthens its diplomatic ties with Latin America.

  • Venezuela experienced its most severe earthquake in decades, with La Guaira showing widespread structural damage.
  • India has previously deployed similar rescue teams to Haiti and Turkey during major earthquake disasters.
  • The operation name 'Amistad' means 'friendship' in Spanish, reflecting India's diplomatic goodwill toward Venezuela.
India launches Operation Amistad to aid quake-hit Venezuela with medical supplies and relief | Implica