The top U.S. diplomat in Caracas said on Tuesday that Venezuela has complied with requests to advance the humanitarian ‌response, not directly addressing criticism of the government put ⁠in place after Washington's ouster of former President Nicolas Maduro.

Axar.az reports, citing Reuters, acting President Delcy Rodriguez, who had been Maduro's vice president, has vehemently defended the government's handling of the quakes. Rodriguez has said there is a media conspiracy to discredit the official response, ⁠though she provided no evidence for her accusation.

"The interim government, as I have said, has been fully compliant in terms of requests to advance this massive humanitarian response," U.S. Chargé d'Affaires John Barrett said in a call with journalists when asked about the criticism of the government's disaster response and his previous praise for Rodriguez.

Barrett, who told ​media last ​week he had “a great deal of confidence” in local authorities, said that total humanitarian ​assistance from the United States for the quakes now exceeds $310 ‌million. Venezuela's response capacity has been sapped by decades of economic and political turmoil, political analysts have said.

The earthquakes' death toll rose to 3,535, authorities said on Monday, while nearly 18,000 people remain homeless after the two quakes, which measured magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 and struck within seconds of each other.