Manama, June 25 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday stated that he has been in touch with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez and that the US has deployed "search and rescue teams" following an earthquake that rattled the country.

Speaking to reporters in Manama, Bahrain, the US Secretary of State detailed the immediate dispatch of American emergency personnel. "We're already deploying search and rescue teams from Fairfax County, Virginia, and Los Angeles. There'll be some others we'll add," Rubio told reporters. "That's their most immediate need right now: search and rescue efforts."

Rubio also shared that, with Venezuela's airport "badly damaged", the US Department of War will "deploy assets there". He added that ...