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The news broke in the middle of the afternoon: a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, with its epicenter near Tonosí in southwestern Panama, shook buildings and roads and prompted authorities to inspect the country’s infrastructure. From Caracas, acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced that contact had been established with the Panamanian government and that Venezuela had offered its assistance to coordinate whatever might be needed. The gesture carries particular weight: just a few months earlier, in late June, two consecutive earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck La Guaira, leaving a trail of destruction just a few kilometers from Caracas.