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

Arrests and seizures took place, but the main thugs – among them, the famous El Koki and his allies “El Vampi” and “El Garbis” – managed to escape, despite the reward of 1.5 million. US dollars for information leading to the arrest. the trio. Most of the deaths, according to the Victim Monitor – a journalistic investigation project – were caused by stray bullets and extrajudicial killings. According to Victim Monitor, only four victims were criminals. Full Text-> TheManometCurrent

But on Monday night, residents itching for activity after more than two months of lockdown placed chairs on their rooftops or sat on the thin, concrete staircases winding through the sprawling “barrio” to enjoy a public screening of the animated film Aladdin put on by a local-nonprofit. By Vivian Sequera, Efrain Otero. Full Text -> Reuters

On the outskirts of the Colombian border city of Cúcuta, nearly 1,000 Venezuelan families have struggled to rebuild their lives in the Alfonso Gómez settlement since they arrived roughly two years ago. Now, borders are shut because of the coronavirus threat, jobs have dried up, and their new normal has shifted yet again. By Photographer Pu Ying Huang and journalist Dylan Baddour. Full text -> New Humanitarian