Amid Crisis, Venezuela’s Youth Wait to Live Again
As Venezuela’s political crisis deepens, young people are desperate to find a resolution to a crisis they have inherited from their elders.
Adriana Loureiro Fernández’s images of the protests and street clashes in Venezuela are dark — masked figures emerging from shadows, backlit by flames or wrapped in swirls of tear gas. People flash a gun or a knife, or show off stones that would soon be launched at police. She gets up close, which is bold considering she once had a fear of crowds. Still, she has gotten used to pushing herself, physically and emotionally, as she witnesses the political chaos that continues to upend her homeland.