Aftershock frays nerves as many Venezuelans left to fend for themselves

Aftershock frays nerves as many Venezuelans left to fend for themselvesTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Watch: Desperate search for earthquake survivors continues outside CaracasByHenri Astier, Will Grant, Reporting fromVenezuela, Orla Guerin, Reporting fromVenezuela and Norberto Paredes, BBC News Mundo, Reporting fromVenezuelaPublished6 minutes agoMany areas of Venezuela devastated by last week's twin earthquakes have yet to receive significant government help, leaving residents to carry out much of the rescue effort.In the port of La Guaira, one of the hardest-hit cities, the BBC saw people using crowbars, mallets and pickaxes to try to dig out loved ones and neighbours. Tens of thousands of people are still believed to be missing. Early on Monday, nerves were frayed by an aftershock, although no further damage was reported.More than 1,700 people have been killed in what Interim President Delcy Rodríguez said was the "most brutal natural catastrophe" in Venezuela's history.International aid has mobilised but hopes of finding survivors are fading. Overnight into Monday, a 21-year-old man became the latest person to be pulled alive after being trapped for over 100 hours.The magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes on Wednesday struck within 39 seconds of each other in the northern state of La Guaira, causing almost 800 buildings to collapse. Monday's aftershock again shook La Guaira and the capital Caracas and was measured at magnitude 4.6.In nearby Catia La Mar the main search-and-rescue efforts were also still being carried out by local volunteers and international teams and there was anger at the authorities.The BBC saw signs of the Venezuelan police and army on the streets in the worst-affected areas, but not in the rubble.Ruben Rojas, a 32-year-old electrician who has been digging in the rubble with only gloves and a hard hat, said: "The civil protection people decided...