Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez published on Friday (July 3) a video or her visit to the quake survivor Hernan Alberto Gil at a clinic on Thursday (July 2) after his dramatic rescue from the rubble of a collapsed shopping mall.

Gil was rescued from the collapsed basement of the Galerias Playa Grande shopping center in the coastal state of La Guaira, where he had been trapped since the powerful earthquakes of June 24.

Buried under 9 meters (29 feet) of wreckage from the collapsed shopping mall parking lot, Gil was freed on Thursday amid a delicate days-long effort by local and international rescue teams.

Rescue teams from seven countries — Venezuela, Chile, the United States, Portugal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Mexico — worked around the clock over the past three days to reach him.

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CARACAS, VENEZUELA (RELEASED JULY 3, 2026) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (DELCY RODRIGUEZ VIA INSTAGRAM - Must on-screen courtesy Delcy Rodriguez via Instagram / No resales / No archive)

1. VENEZUELAN ACTING PRESIDENT, DELCY RODRIGUEZ, VISITING VENEZUELAN QUAKE SURVIVOR AND SECURITY GUARD, HERNAN ALBERTO GIL, AT CLINIC

2. HERNAN ALBERTO GIL ON BED

3. RODRIGUEZ AND OFFICIALS

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) QUAKE SURVIVOR, HERNAN ALBERTO GIL, SAYING:

“Vicente—that's the name of the rescuer who gave me strength.”

RODRIGUEZ: From Chile?

GIL: Yes, a Chilean.

5. RODRIGUEZ, OFFICIALS AND ALBERTO GIL ON BED

6. GIL ON BED

7. RODRIGUEZ AND OFFICIALS

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN ACTING PRESIDENT, DELCY RODRIGUEZ, SAYING:

"On July 2, 2026, we were able to rescue Hernan Gil, a noble Venezuelan, alive."

9. GIL ON BED

10. RODRIGUEZ EMBRACING GIL'S WIFE