Former Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, of the ruling socialist party, arrives to concede the previous day’s gubernatorial re-run election to opposition candidate Sergio Garrido in Barinas, Venezuela, Monday January 10, 2022. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
Supporters of opposition governor-elect of Barinas state, Sergio Garrido, rally outside a church after attending Mass with Garrido the day after elections in Barinas, Venezuela, Monday January 10, 2022. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
Men launch fireworks before the opening of a polling center in the Ciudad Tavacare neighborhood of Barinas, Venezuela, Sunday, January 9, 2022. Voters in Barinas, the home state of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, are casting ballots again in a special gubernatorial election called after the opposition contender in November’s regular contest was retroactively disqualified as he was ahead in the vote count. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
Soldiers guard a polling station during an election re-run to decide the governor in Barinas, Venezuela, Sunday, January 9, 2022. Voters in the home state of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez are voting again in a special gubernatorial election called after the opposition contender in November’s regular contest was retroactively disqualified as he was ahead in the vote count. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro clasps his hands as he arrives to deliver his State of the Nation address at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, January 15, 2022. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
A woman walks in front of signs displaying prices of products in US dollars, outside a grocery store in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 18, 2022. According to Venezuela’s central bank, the South American country has come out of a four-year cycle of hyperinflation, but inflation still remains the highest in the world, and prices are continuing to rise uncontrollably. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
People line up at a site set up by the National Election Council (CNE) where people can sign a petition in favor of holding a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro from office in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, January 26, 2022. The signatures of 20 percent of registered voter must be collected within 12 hours to request a presidential recall, a CNE rule that Maduro’s opposition criticizes as impossible. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
A man takes a swing while playing the traditional game of “chapitas” or Caps, in the San Agustin neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, January 29, 2022. The popular game is similar to baseball and played with bottle caps in place of a ball, and a stick in place of a bat. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
A man uses a magnet to gather bottle caps during the traditional game of “chapitas” or Caps, in the San Agustin neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, January 29, 2022. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
A group of people dance to salsa music in a square in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, February 5, 2022. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)
A woman holds a bouquet of flowers during a protest against Trinidad officers firing on a migrant boat, in front of the Trinidad and Tobago Embassy, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, February 8, 2022. A Venezuelan baby died and the mother was injured over the weekend when Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard officers fired at a boat transporting migrants, authorities from the Caribbean nation said. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)
A government supporter, wearing a T-shirt with a message that reads in Spanish: “Loyalty and struggle”, takes part in a march marking Youth Day, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, February 12, 2022. The annual holiday commemorates the young people who accompanied heroes in the battle for Venezuela’s independence. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)
