Costa Rican Red Cross coordinates disaster response, emergency medical aid and humanitarian relief across Costa Rica; latest: a rescue ends as a survivor is pulled alive from Venezuela rubble.
Hernán Alberto Gil Flores has been extracted alive from the Galerias Playa Grande in La Guaira after eight days trapped by twin earthquakes. Rescuers, including teams from Costa Rica, Chile, the US, Portugal and Mexico, kept him hydrated and in contact via telescopic cameras as they navigated unstable rubble.