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A Look at Life in Venezuela

A Look at Life in Venezuela
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Youth athletes attend the Angeles Open Water competition at the Los Angeles beach in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, September 4, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Youth athletes attend the Angeles Open Water competition at the Los Angeles beach in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, September 4, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Paralympic athletes are welcomed after their participation in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, in Caracas, Venezuela September 09, 2021. (Photo by Javier Campos/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Paralympic athletes are welcomed after their participation in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, in Caracas, Venezuela September 09, 2021. (Photo by Javier Campos/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Yulimar Rojas, who won the Olympic gold medal in the women's triple jump at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and set a new world record, is welcomed home upon return to Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, September 14, 2021. The “queen of Venezuela”, as Rojas is commonly known, earned the third gold medal in Venezuelan Olympic history. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Yulimar Rojas, who won the Olympic gold medal in the women’s triple jump at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and set a new world record, is welcomed home upon return to Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, September 14, 2021. The “queen of Venezuela”, as Rojas is commonly known, earned the third gold medal in Venezuelan Olympic history. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

A healthcare worker takes the names of residents gathered outside a vaccination center hoping to be inoculated with a second dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, September 16, 2021. The Venezuelan government is beginning rollouts of second doses following months of delays. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

A healthcare worker takes the names of residents gathered outside a vaccination center hoping to be inoculated with a second dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, September 16, 2021. The Venezuelan government is beginning rollouts of second doses following months of delays. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Residents stand behind a strip of tape serving as a barrier as they gather outside a vaccination center looking to be inoculated with a second dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, September 16, 2021. The Venezuelan government is beginning rollouts of second doses following months of delays. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Residents stand behind a strip of tape serving as a barrier as they gather outside a vaccination center looking to be inoculated with a second dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, September 16, 2021. The Venezuelan government is beginning rollouts of second doses following months of delays. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

A lightning strikes over lake Maracaibo near the stilt houses of Chamitas in Catatumbo, Venezuela, on September 11, 2021. The “Catatumbo Lightning”, a series of unique storms in the world, is considered a “lighthouse” that, for centuries, has helped people when they sail in the dark. (Photo by Federico Parra/AFP Photo)

A lightning strikes over lake Maracaibo near the stilt houses of Chamitas in Catatumbo, Venezuela, on September 11, 2021. The “Catatumbo Lightning”, a series of unique storms in the world, is considered a “lighthouse” that, for centuries, has helped people when they sail in the dark. (Photo by Federico Parra/AFP Photo)

Residents wait at dawn outside a vaccination center in hopes of getting a second shot of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, September 17, 2021. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Residents wait at dawn outside a vaccination center in hopes of getting a second shot of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, September 17, 2021. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

A volunteer dives in the waters at Los Totumos beach to remove litter during an event marking World Cleanup Day, in Higuerote, southeast of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, September 18, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

A volunteer dives in the waters at Los Totumos beach to remove litter during an event marking World Cleanup Day, in Higuerote, southeast of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, September 18, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Healthcare workers go from door to door to inoculate the elderly and people with disabilities against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Caracas, Venezuela, September 18, 2021. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)

Healthcare workers go from door to door to inoculate the elderly and people with disabilities against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Caracas, Venezuela, September 18, 2021. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)

Youths perform wheelies on their bikes during an exhibition in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, September 19, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Youths perform wheelies on their bikes during an exhibition in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, September 19, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

A youth performs a wheelie on his bike during an exhibition in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, September 19, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

A youth performs a wheelie on his bike during an exhibition in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, September 19, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Children talk to each other sitting on a window at their home in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, September 20, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Children talk to each other sitting on a window at their home in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, September 20, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Residents stand in line to be injected with a second dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine after more than a three-month delay, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, September 21, 2021. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Residents stand in line to be injected with a second dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine after more than a three-month delay, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, September 21, 2021. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Teacher Johana Hernandez looks at a student's work in her one room home in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, September 22, 2021. Hernandez, who lives with her husband and two children in a small home divided by curtains, opened her home to students while in-person school is on hold due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and to supplement her low teaching salary, which she says is not enough to live on. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Teacher Johana Hernandez looks at a student’s work in her one room home in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, September 22, 2021. Hernandez, who lives with her husband and two children in a small home divided by curtains, opened her home to students while in-person school is on hold due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and to supplement her low teaching salary, which she says is not enough to live on. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Children play with their cellphone on the roof of a home in the El Quilombo neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, September 23, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Children play with their cellphone on the roof of a home in the El Quilombo neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, September 23, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

A boy walks on an unfinished house in the El Quilombo neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, September 25, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

A boy walks on an unfinished house in the El Quilombo neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, September 25, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

A couple turns on the music in their car during a motorcycle stunt exhibition in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, September 26, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

A couple turns on the music in their car during a motorcycle stunt exhibition in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, September 26, 2021. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Nurse Genny Zorrilla walks with a cooler containing Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines past a mural of late president Hugo Chavez, during house to house vaccinations in the popular neighborhood of El Valle in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, September 27, 2021. According to the Pan American Health Organization Venezuela one of the least vaccinated countries in the continent, is seeing a growing uptick in caseloads, unlike other countries in the region where cases are dropping. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Nurse Genny Zorrilla walks with a cooler containing Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines past a mural of late president Hugo Chavez, during house to house vaccinations in the popular neighborhood of El Valle in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, September 27, 2021. According to the Pan American Health Organization Venezuela one of the least vaccinated countries in the continent, is seeing a growing uptick in caseloads, unlike other countries in the region where cases are dropping. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Nurse Rosaura Rodriguez inoculates a woman with a dose of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine during house to house vaccinations in the popular neighborhood of El Valle in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, September 27, 2021. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

Nurse Rosaura Rodriguez inoculates a woman with a dose of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine during house to house vaccinations in the popular neighborhood of El Valle in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, September 27, 2021. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

A woman holds a sign that reads in Spanish “Sеx education to decide, contraceptives to avoid abortion”, as she jumps with another woman as part of the Global Day of Action for access to legal, safe and free abortion, outside the parliament in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, September 28, 2021. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

A woman holds a sign that reads in Spanish “Sеx education to decide, contraceptives to avoid abortion”, as she jumps with another woman as part of the Global Day of Action for access to legal, safe and free abortion, outside the parliament in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, September 28, 2021. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

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