A preliminary satellite assessment by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration estimated that 58,870 buildings were damaged or destroyed after the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24.

Venezuela was broken long before two back-to-back earthquakes ripped the country from its foundations last Wednesday.

General Francis Donovan, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, said U.S. forces had participated in search-and-rescue operations, helped get the airport up and running and mobilized air and naval as...