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Mariana Zúñiga

Customers wait while a fuel dispenser machine is fixed at a gas station in Caracas, Venezuela, April 23, 2020.
COVID-19
Doctors wait hours to fill tanks as Venezuela faces fuel shortages
Workers unload produce for sale at a market in Caracas. It's increasingly hazardous work to drive a food delivery truck in Venezuela.
Conflict
Delivering food is now a dangerous job in Venezuela
At a supermarket in Caracas, the shelves are stocked with vinegar, salt and sardines, and not much else. "There's nothing to eat," says one shopper. "I mean, you're not going to drink vinegar."
Economics
In Venezuela, even an economist can’t afford to fill her shopping cart
In Venezuela, two volunteers help a protester overcome by tear gas. The volunteers are mostly medical students who provide first aid at the anti-government demonstrations.
Economics
Short of gauze and bandages, Venezuelan medical students patch up anti-government protesters