Daños críticos en pisos 1 y 2 obligan a desalojar torres de la GMVV en la Av. Bolívar | Noticias TVV

💔 "The foundations are broken." Residents of the Óscar López Rivera housing complex report that the first and second floors suffered severe structural damage. Families are sleeping on borrowed mattresses on Bolívar Avenue. 📲 Download the official TVV app for FREE here: https://onelink.to/4h4t9t A situation of high tension and helplessness is unfolding on Bolívar Avenue in downtown Caracas, where hundreds of families have been forced to evacuate the buildings of the Great Housing Mission Venezuela (GMVV) after the double earthquake that shook the region. In the Óscar López Rivera complex—which houses 327 families in 296 apartments—residents of the first building reported that the slabs, walls, and staircases of the first and second floors practically collapsed during the earthquake. Because these are the lower floors that support the entire structure, the fear of a widespread collapse intensified after the strong aftershocks and heavy rains on Tuesday, forcing a mass evacuation to the sidewalks and embankments along the main road. Those affected described terrifying scenes: massive water pipe explosions, tiles dislodged from bathrooms and kitchens, and door frames completely jammed, preventing access. Although the housing complex appears intact from the outside, residents say the interior is destroyed and without water or gas service. The crisis takes on a dimension of profound social vulnerability, as a significant portion of the evacuated population consists of elderly people with chronic illnesses and residents who were already victims of the La Guaira landslide and other critical areas of Catia, having lived in shelters for up to four years before receiving these apartments. While local businesses are providing support with electricity and coffee, the victims are urgently demanding tents and mattresses, categorically refuting the statements made by regime-aligned content creators and influencers who labeled them "opportunists" and "freeloaders" on social media. This housing complex was built under the auspices of the Presidential Office of Special Plans and Projects Foundation (OPPE), a financially autonomous entity created in 2009 and initially headed by architect Francisco Sesto. According to Transparency Venezuela, the OPPE had a long history of complaints regarding administrative opacity, corruption, and evading bidding processes before being formally dissolved and liquidated by Delcy Rodríguez in February of this year, leaving the bond and maintenance schemes for these mega-structures without proper funding. During the coverage, community leaders from the Communal Council actively restricted and blocked press teams' access to the affected floors, claiming that "the columns are not compromised" and attempting to downplay the severity of the internal damage on camera. TVV News with Luis Carlos Parada, Neidy Freytes, and Héctor Luis Caldera reporting from the areas most affected by the two earthquakes of June 24 | Monday to Friday 7:30 pm ET