August 8, 2024

Life in the crossfire of Venezuela’s slums

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A Venezuelan soldier takes cover behind an armored vehicle. For 48 hours he has ducked flying bullets. He is not on a battlefield but rather in a suburb of Caracas, the capital of violence-ridden Venezuela which in his own words is “a country at war.”” The scene played out this month in the slum of Cota 905, which shares a name with the gang that runs it with impunity. Full Text ->Frace24

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