For years, engineers analyzing Venezuela’s construction patterns have voiced a major concern: That the country’s precarious combination of soft ground soil and tall concrete structures — many lacking ...

Fire officials said crews would begin working to stabilize the building after no additional movement was detected in two columns that had buckled.

Two days after the earthquake that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, several people are searching for their missing family members among the remains of the building where they lived.(Ariana Cubillos / ...