A newborn infant, pulled from the concrete tomb of a collapsed building in Caracas, is alive tonight thanks to the swift intervention of British medical staff on the ground. Sources confirm the baby, believed to be no more than 48 hours old, was trapped for nearly six hours after a five-storey structure gave way in the volatile El Valle district. The building, a makeshift housing block notorious for illegal modifications, reportedly housed dozens of families.
Rescue workers digging through the debris heard faint cries and found the child cradled in the arms of a deceased woman, presumed to be the mother. The infant was rushed to a field hospital run by UK medics dispatched under a bilateral aid agreement that has come under scrutiny for its opacity. 'It's a miracle,' a nurse told me off the record.
'But it's one miracle in a sea of collapse.' The baby is now in stable condition, but the event underscores the broader decay: Venezuela's infrastructure, already in tatters, is killing its own. The UK Foreign Office declined to comment on the specifics of the rescue, citing operational security.
But documents leaked to this desk reveal the aid mission's budget has been slashed by 40% in the last quarter. Coincidence?
