Fabiola Ferrero

A kite flies on top of Petare, the biggest "barrio" (slum) in Caracas and second largest in Latin America on March 2016. Kids have the tradition of flying kites inside the barrios of my city.

A woman looks up during a pro government rally in Caracas on May, 2015. F

Three air force planes fly around Caracas during the celebration of the Venezuelan Independence Day on July 5th military parade, 2017. While the east part of the city lives almost daily riots, the President Nicolás Maduro makes TV transmissions every week to show the support of the armed forces

Two members of the militia, a "defense group" created by late President Hugo Chávez, during the commemoration of the third year anniversary of his death, in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 5th, 2017.

A TV transmission of the armed forces during the military parade on Independence Day in Caracas, on July 5th, 2017.

Vultures fly over a dumpster in the outskirts of Caracas.

[Left] An aerial view of Venezuela; [Right] A police shield splattered with paint thrown by protesters.

An opposition protester throws back a tear gas bomb during clashes against security forces in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 2017. From the series Blurred in Despair.

Scenes of opposition demonstrations in Caracas in April 2017. F

Protesters look for protection from tear gas and rubber under a bridge during a confrontation with the National Guard on April 6, 2017 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Scenes of opposition demonstrations in Caracas in April 2017.

A young protester waits for the water canon to come to him during an opposition demonstration that ended up in a 4 hour confrontation with the security forces in Caracas, April 6, 2017.

A female security officer holds her shield after a man kicked her repeatedly on an opposition demonstration in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 2st, 2017.

A group of Venezuela's late president Hugo Chávez's supporters pray to him in the first anniversary of his death. They gathered on a small chapel created in his name ("Santo Hugo Chávez", "Holly Hugo Chávez") after he died from cancer in 2013.

[Left] A mortuary ornament in a cemetery in the Guajira desert, close to the Venezuela-Colombia border. [Right] the legs of a young goat that was immobilized before being killed. Death is always present in Venezuela, where around 28,000 people were murdered in 2016, according to the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence.

Friends of a 17 year old cry on his grave after he was shot dead by a policeman a few days before his birthday. He allegedly murdered an officer and the police came back for him for revenge. May 2016 in Caracas, Venezuela.

[Left] A cemetery in Portuguesa State, Venezuela. [Right] A farmer stands behind a plastic curtain in Portuguesa State, Venezuela. November 2017. From the series Blurred in Despair.

A group of people line up to buy one bag of rice per person in Caracas. That day, people were in the streets outside the store since 4 am, until a food truck arrived with rice. Only one per person is permitted

[Left] A cat eats pasta from a boy's lunch. [Right] a boy gets ready to go to school.

Kids play in Petare, Caracas.

A cow with its face covered in the Guajita dessert, in the border between Colombia and Venezuela.

[Left] Marilyn Ochoa in the yard where she celebrated her son’s 5th birthday after a year of fighting cancer. In San Cristóbal, close to the Venezuela-Colombia border. [Right] Light enters from a rotten roof in Petare slum, in Caracas, Venezuela.

A tree surrounded by tear gas during a demostration in Caracas, Venezuela.