Sascha Bercovitch
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Robbed Twice
What struck me the most about my first robbery was its normality. It occurred on a sunny afternoon, in a ...
Waiting for Chávez
The first person I met upon entering the line at the Paseo Los Próceres in Caracas, Venezuela, to see the body of the country’s late president, Hugo Chávez, was a dark-skinned man named Feliz. He wore a green mesh shirt and jeans, and his wife stood next to him holding their daughter, who wore a red beret. I introduced myself, and said that I was a college student studying abroad from the United States. He smiled: “You’re a revolutionary, then?”
Coordinates: March 5 in Mérida, Venezuela
Part of a series of ongoing coverage on Venezuela.
Happy, Alive, Complete
“We’re happy,” one man said as he sat in front of his house. Displaced by paramilitary troops in 2007, he had settled in this shantytown and begun making leather shoes and sandals, which he sells for six to seven dollars at the Venezuelan border.
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Caprilles Supporters
Confetti falls on supporters at a rally for Venezuelan presidential candidate Caprilles this weekend. The vote was to replace Hugo Chávez.
Qué Viva Chávez
From Mérida to Caracas, Chávez supporters gathered to remember their deceased president.
