Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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02/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Most Venezuelans longing for Nicolas Maduro to cede power to self-proclaimed President Juan Guaido.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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30/01/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Venezuelan opposition supporters descended on the streets of Caracas on January 30 to protest against Nicolas Maduro, after the Constitutional Court banned pro-American opponent Juan Guaido from leaving the country.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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Venezuela / Caracas - In Venezuela, the country hit by hyperinflation supermarkets, pharmacies are empty. The government of Socialist President Nicolas Maduro argues that the economic crisis and hyperinflation are the result of an economic war - delivered by the Venezuelan right and the United States to overthrow it.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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03/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - A Venezuelan biker pays for a cigarette at the gas station in Caracas. Although oil export production has collapsed in 2018 to its lowest level since 1990, Venezuela remains a major oil producer with 1.35 million barrels mined per day. 90% of production is exported today.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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02/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - In Caracas, the head of parliament and interim president, Juan Guaidó, has taken several lanes in the neighborhood of Las Mercedes. After his speech, barrio youth armed with molotov stones and cocktails took possession of the field in front of the police, but without major clashes.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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02/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - In Caracas, the head of parliament and interim president, Juan Guaidó, has taken several lanes in the neighborhood of Las Mercedes. After his speech, barrio youth armed with molotov stones and cocktails took possession of the field in front of the police, but without major clashes.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The Multisports Center El Barrio Mesuca closed due to lack of water.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Carmen Church of 1959, in Caracas welcomes every week-ends disadvantaged children of the shantytowns of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Maria Alexandra helps children coming to church for 10 months. Carmen Church of 1959, in Caracas hosts every week-ends disadvantaged children of slums of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Betty, organizer of the solidarity association for children in Caracas. no job, she only works for the Catholic community. Carmen Church of 1959, in Caracas welcomes every week-ends disadvantaged children of the shantytowns of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Betty, organizer of the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - At least 136 children a day come to feed each day of the week-end to the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Betty, organizer of the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The children wait in line to mark their names on the list of several hundred people coming to eat at Carmen Church.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Often it happens that the children have not been able to eat at home during the wee-kend.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The children's attendance list

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - At least 136 children a day come to feed each day of the week-end to the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - At least 136 children a day come to feed each day of the week-end to the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - An English course book.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - At least 136 children a day come to feed each day of the week-end to the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - At least 136 children a day come to feed each day of the week-end to the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - At least 136 children a day come to feed each day of the week-end to the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - At least 136 children a day come to feed each day of the week-end to the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - At least 136 children a day come to feed each day of the week-end to the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Prayer before the meal. In Venezuela, priests enjoy the esteem and affection of Christian communities.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Prayer before the meal. In Venezuela, priests enjoy the esteem and affection of Christian communities.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Virgin Mary, statue inside the church. The name of the church comes from Maria Carmen Rendiles Martínez, born in Caracas declared venerable on July 5, 2013. - In Italian, decree of recognition of the miracle attributed to Maria Carmen Rendiles Martínez, on December 18, 2017.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Maria Alexandra dressed as Santa Claus the previous year. The twin sisters try to do everything to make the children happy.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - This baby was born in the 38th week of pregnancy. Venezuelan mothers often do not have enough nutrients when breastfeeding their babies. Some young mothers would not be able to breastfeed for health reasons

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Marianyely Rodriguez
 5 years, suffers from skin disease due to a lack of hygiene in the slum.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - -Only God is enough. The inscription on the wall of the center.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Marianyely's father has no stable job, he does garden landscaping or painting.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Marianyely Rodriguez
 5 years old, lives in Petare. At least 136 children a day come to feed each day to the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Marianyely Rodriguez
 5 years old, lives in Petare. At least 136 children a day come to feed each day to the solidarity association for children of Caracas.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The women of the association manage to give the children cakes when they leave the center.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - In front of the church, a private school, subsidized. More and more children in Venezuela are affected by the country's humanitarian and political crisis, a pressure group warned.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Betty knows Petare's shantytowns by heart. Not only can they benefit from help coming to church, but she also visits them at home.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas -

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - In Caracas, the homicide rate is 140 per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 18 in Bogotá, Colombia.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Many people in Caracas seek food in the garbage. To survive, many Venezuelans resort to "hunger crimes", which translate into a normalization of the flight and a record of 73 Venezuelans murdered every day.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Many people in Caracas seek food in the garbage. To survive, many Venezuelans resort to "hunger crimes", which translate into a normalization of the flight and a record of 73 Venezuelans murdered every day.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - A Miriam Acuna church in Petare.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Marianyely Rodriguez and her mother need to cross many steps to find their little corner. MArianyely's mother suffers from bone disease, which makes every step unbearable.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - in front of a shop in Petare. A basket filled with cheese, ham, eggs and other commodities can quickly reach the price of. dozens, see a hundred dollars.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Marianyely Rodriguez
  in Petare. In this slum nobody goes out at night, and no one stops on the red lights. According to a November 2009 survey, 59% of Venezuelans know someone who has been killed in recent years and 84% believe that violence has increased significantly

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Marianyely Rodriguez and her mother walk each day of the week over an hour to reach Carmen Church.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Marianyely Rodriguez lives with her parents and a brother in one-room space. The walls are punctured, there is no toilet, no running water.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Marianyely Rodriguez and her parents are forced to go outside to borrow a toilet.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Some poor families can rely on state rations in the form of CLAP, a government-run low-cost distribution program set up by the Maduro government, which also serves as propaganda. To receive the CLAP cardboard box - which contains basic rations such as rice, flour and beans - the recipients must swear allegiance to the socialist ideals of the administration. It's also a way for Maduro and his party to essentially buy votes.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - At 16, Monica is already a mother and often receives visits from women in the church. She lives with her father, but he does not help financially.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Monica and her little baby in Petare.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Monica lost her brother when he was 17, two bullets in the back, to steal his scooter. At 16, she is already a mother and often receives visits from women in the church.

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Petare, graffiti -No to the dictatorship-. The recognition of Juan Guaidó as president of Venezuela by many European countries, gave rise to immense hope in Caracas

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Kamila Stepien / Le Pictorium -
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04/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - Petare the largest shantytown in South America

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