A man counts his Bolivars and Dollars to pay for items at a market in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 19, 2019. On May 13, Venezuela lifted foreign exchange controls on banks for the first time in 16 years. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





A vendor carries beef to a butcher shop at the flea market in Maracaibo, Venezuela, May 16, 2019. He'll have to sell it quickly, since perishables go bad quickly without refrigeration in Maracaibo's suffocating temperatures. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





In this April 11, 2019 photo, customers choose groceries that will be paid using cryptocurrency in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Thursday, April 11, 2019. Storing cryptocurrency presents greater financial risks than holding U.S. dollars though, due to the wild swings in the value of some crypto assets, including bitcoin. But in Venezuela, where the local currency has lost two thirds of its value this year, some merchants are willing to give this technology a shot. (Photo by Manuel Rueda/AP Photo)





Ronaldo, 19, searches for valuable objects in the Guaire River in Caracas, Venezuela, 13 May 2019. Because of the crisis, hundreds of youngsters gather every day in the river, used to dump sewage water and industrial waste, in order to rescue valuable objects they can later sell. According to these young 'miners', if they can manage to find any gold object, such as an earring, collar or ring, they can sell each gram of gold for in between 130,000 and 200,000 Venezuelan bolivars (roughly between 23 and 35 US dollar depending on the currency's devaluation), although silver and bronze are also worth selling. (Photo by Raul Martinez/EPA/EFE)





Pillaged vaults stand inside Cuadrado cemetery in Maracaibo, Venezuela, May 16, 2019. Thieves have broken into some of the vaults and coffins since late last year, stealing ornaments and sometimes items from corpses as the country sinks to new depths of deprivation. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro take part in a rally in support of the government in Caracas, Venezuela on May 20, 2019. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





A girl blows bubbles at a hotel's garden in Caracas, Venezuela on May 25, 2019. Picture taken May 25, 2019. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





Relatives carry a coffin containing the body of Erick Altuve, a 11-year-old boy who died from respiratory problems while in care for stomach cancer at the public Jose Manuel de los Rios hospital, at Petare neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela, May 30, 2019. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





A supporter of Opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognized as the country's rightful interim ruler, is dressed-up with an attached sign at a rally against the government of President Nicolas Maduro and to commemorate the 208th anniversary of the country's independence in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5, 2019. The sign reads: “GNB (Bolivian National Guard) killers”. (Photo by Manaure Quintero/Reuters)





A street vendor sits next to his used items for sale on the sidewalk in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 13, 2019. Attempts by Venezuelans to survive by recycling items that would otherwise be thrown out is, in one sense, positive, according to Elizabeth Cordido, a social psychologist at Metropolitan University in Caracas. But she said “it is very negative that it's through poverty and the increase of poverty that we have arrived at this”. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A boy flies a kite in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Earlier this year, opposition leader Juan Guaidó launched a bold campaign with the support of the U.S. and more than 50 nations to oust Chávez’s successor, President Nicolás Maduro. However, Guaidó has yet to make good on his promises to restore democracy, spark a robust economy and make the streets safer. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Giancarlo Paredes, better know as “El Mocho”, who uses a wheelchair after losing his leg in a shootout with police, holds his daughter in a squatter building in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 13, 2019. “I was jailed for 17 years, and I can tell you that crime is going down, because nowadays no one has money here in Venezuela and the bullets are in dollars”, said Paredes, who added that many of his criminal friends have immigrated to other countries. Paredes was in jail for robbery and kidnapping. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Masked members the National Police Action Force (FAES), an elite commando unit created for anti-gang operations, patrol the Antimano slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Officials stopped publishing statistics charting crime trends long ago, but experts now say armed assaults and killings are plummeting, based on tallies from media clippings and sources at local morgues. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





A woman dances with neighbors during a Mother's Day block party in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 19, 2019. A decline in armed assaults and killings in Venezuela has a direct link to the economic tailspin that’s helped spark a political battle for control of the once-wealthy oil nation. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Masked criminals who go by the name “El Negrito”, right, and “Dog”, and are members of the Crazy Boys gang, hold their guns at their safe-house in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 13, 2019. Dog said he has no trouble finding ammunition for his guns on the black market, but that the challenge is paying for them in a country where the average person earns $6.50 a month. “A pistol used to cost one of these bills”, he said, crumbling up a 10 bolivar bill that can no longer be used to buy a single cigarette. “Now, this is nothing”. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





A masked gangster who goes by the nickname “El Negrito” poses for a portrait with his gun inside his gang's safe-house in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 13, 2019. The 24-year-old, who says he’s lost track of his murder count, is quick to gripe about how Venezuela’s failing economy is cutting into his profits and has considered leaving the trade in Venezuela and emigrating. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





A street goes dark as the sun sets in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, May 25, 201. When night falls, streets in Caracas clear as most residents abide by an undeclared curfew out of fear for their safety. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Soldiers march during a military parade marking Independence Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday July 5, 2019. Venezuela is marking 208 years of their declaration of independence from Spain. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photos)





In this Sunday, May 19, 2019 photo, a woman jokes around with a full bottle of beer on her head as she celebrates winning the dancing contest at a Mother's Day block party in Caracas, Venezuela. Although Mother's Day was officially celebrated the previous weekend, people in the Petare area organized the neighborhood party to celebrate the mothers of their community. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Three men walk on the roof of the Jehova Gire shelter, a half-done building of the judiciary in Petare neighborhood, Caracas on May 19, 2019. Symbol of squatting since the time of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (1999-2013), the concrete skeleton is the home of indigents, victims of disasters and others who fell in disgrace with the worst economic crisis in the recent history of the oil-producing country. (Photo by Marvin Recinos/AFP Photo)





Venezuelan Judith Saracual's daughter prepares to take a shower at the Petare neighborhood in Caracas on May 15, 2019. Poor or rich, the crisis in Venezuela shares out anguish for all. Venezuelan mothers tell AFP how their families live through the worst debacle in the recent history of the country. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AFP Photo)