July 25, 2024

Neyla’s Venezuela

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Neyla was unaware at the time, but she arrived in Venezuela to say goodbye. She barely made it into the country. Nicolás Maduro suspended all flights with Europe on March 12 because of covid-19. On March 11 she flew from Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, to Venezuela. As she exited the plane, a short woman in a hazmat suit pointed a thermometer to her forehead and a cameraman focused his television camera on her face, but her mind was busy elsewhere. Her mother had undergone an emergency operation.  By Helena Crespo. Full Text ->Pulitzer Center

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