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In Venezuela, silence has become a rescue tool

In Venezuela rescue crews now stop almost everything and ask for silence so they can hear anyone still alive underneath the rubble. NPR's Eyder Peralta reports from the port city of La Guaira.

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Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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