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No one knows where the missing girls of Mahima’s village are, except Mahima herself. She crushes the lice from her son Aditya’s hair with her fingernails, knowing that the last time she saw one of those girls—her own—she was leaving her womb as the abortion of an unwanted daughter. Continue reading Death Before Birth
How Technology Became a Weapon of Social Control in Venezuela By Indira Guerrero Caracas (Venezuela).– A complete technological platform implemented by Nicolás Maduro’s government in the Caribbean nation allows for the surveillance of voters, their needs, and their location. It is a web of information to which Venezuelan citizens connect voluntarily and in broad daylight, all arranged on the back of an identity document distributed … Continue reading The Big Brother in Your Pocket
Dusk falls over the asphalt of the Francisco Fajardo highway in Caracas. The ground is littered with the remains of tear gas canisters, rubber bullets, marbles, and Molotov cocktails—the debris of anti-government protests that end in clashes with the National Guard in Venezuela. Continue reading The Battle on the Asphalt
Traficantes de droga, homicidas, ladrones o violadores siembran verduras, tallan guitarras y hornean pasteles en las nuevas cárceles de Venezuela, puestas en marcha por el Gobierno socialista con la intención de construir intramuros al “hombre nuevo”.
Continue reading ““El hombre que fui no es el hombre que soy””
Survival Under the Shadow of Paramilitaries and Closed Bridges By Indira Guerrero Táchira (Venezuela/Colombia Border).– The 160 linear kilometers of the border with Colombia in the western Venezuelan state of Táchira have been, for years, an open channel for crime and organized gangs. It is a place where paramilitaries govern omnipresently from the shadows. This story takes place in 2015, a pivotal year that marked … Continue reading An Indomitable People
In a country where violence is a daily reality, people look for protection wherever they can find it. Even if it comes from the spirit of a bank robber who demands cigarettes and aguardiente in exchange for miracles. Continue reading The Saints of Sin, Alcohol, and Crime
Indira Guerrero 