The death toll from last month’s back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela climbed to 5,069, the country’s National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said on Friday.

Rodriguez posted a table on US social media platform X, indicating that a total of 16,740 people have been injured in the powerful tremors.

He said authorities have assisted 128,324 families and established 106 temporary camps housing 21,235 people, while 17,907 remain without permanent housing.

According to him, the quakes damaged 856 buildings, including 190 that collapsed.

Venezuela has resources blocked ​around the world that could address this process of reconstruction,” the president ​said on state television channel VTV, adding that funds were also needed for employment and education programs.

The US, the European Union and other countries imposed more stringent sanctions on Venezuela successively in the last two decades over allegations that ​the government engaged in anti-democratic activity and that the country is a haven for drug ‌trafficking.

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Many ⁠of the measures remain in place. But after the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro early this year, Washington provided targeted relief to the country’s oil sector.

After the earthquakes, the US authorised, for four months, ​transactions related to earthquake ​relief that ⁠would have been banned by sanctions.

Delcy Rodriguez said she had sent a letter to King Charles requesting the ​release of Venezuelan gold held at the Bank of ​England. She ⁠also said she had spoken with the head of the International Monetary Fund about releasing funds.

The Bank of England has refused to release some ⁠31 tons ​of Venezuelan gold held in its vaults. ​The bullion has been the subject of a long-running legal battle in British courts.