A member of the foundation Manzanoarte performs during the 4th Social Festival of Scenic Arts at Las Casitas sector of La Vega neighborhood in Caracas on March 18, 2023. (Photo by Federico Parra/AFP Photo)





The second house from right to left, with a “No Parking” sign in Spanish on the door of its garage is the listed address of one of the startups involved in a massive corruption scandal that bilked billions of dollars in Venezuelan oil, and whose owner has never heard of the firm, at a working-class district in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The corporation, Walker International DW-LLC, is among 90 mostly unknown trading companies that together owed $10.1 billion as of Aug. 2022 to Venezuela’s state-owned oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela SA, according to internal records obtained by The Associated Press. (Photo by Regina Garcia Cano/AP Photo)





A sign with a message that reads in Spanish: “The 39 dead in Ciudad Juarez are victims, not culprits”, is taped to a glass door of the Mexican embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Immigration authorities identified the dead and injured as being from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





The sun rises over homes covering a hill in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 30, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Members of the Palmeros de Chacao brotherhood walk down the mountain while carrying packs of palm leaves to be blessed at a Catholic church to mark the beginning of the Holy Week, in Caracas, Venezuela on April 1, 2023. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





Members of the Palmeros de Chacao brotherhood, chant and sing, as they arrive with palm branches after descending the Cerro el Avila, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 1, 2023. Every year the brothers climb the Cerro El Avila to collect the royal palm branches as part of a 250-year tradition that marks the start of Holy Week. The palms will be blessed at the Palm Sunday Mass in the Chacao church. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A member of the Palmeros de Chacao brotherhood weaves a design with palm leaves before going down the mountain for leaves to be blessed at a Catholic church to mark the beginning of the Holy Week, in Caracas, Venezuela on April 1, 2023. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





A member of the Palmeros de Chacao brotherhood carries packs of palm leaves to be blessed at a Catholic church to mark the beginning of the Holy Week, in Caracas, Venezuela on April 1, 2023. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





Members of the Palmeros de Chacao brotherhood carry packs of palm leaves to be blessed at a Catholic church to mark the beginning of the Holy Week, in Caracas, Venezuela on April 1, 2023. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





Junior members of the Palmeros de Chacao brotherhood get wet with a hose while carrying packs of palm leaves to be blessed at a Catholic church to mark the beginning of the Holy Week, in Caracas, Venezuela on April 1, 2023. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





Young members of the Palmeros de Chacao brotherhood arrive with palm branches after descending the Cerro el Avila, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 1, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A girl blows a whistle as she descends the Cerro el Avila with members of the Palmeros de Chacao brotherhood, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 1, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A girl bathes her dog, next to her sister on a street of the San Agustin neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 3, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A boy flies a kite in the San Agustin neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 3, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A Catholic faithful takes part in the traditional Nazareno de San Pablo (Saint Paul's Nazarene) procession held as part of Holy Week celebrations, in Caracas on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Federico Parra/AFP Photo)





A girl hanging from a window waits to see the burn of an effigy representing Judas Iscariot during the traditional burning of Judas as a part of Holy Week celebrations in the neighborhood of San Agustin in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





An effigy, labeled “corrupt one” surrounded with props representing bags of money is displayed on a sidewalk before it is ignited during the traditional “Burning of Judas” celebrations in the San Augustin neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 9, 2023. Originally, the burning figures were effigies of Judas Iscariot, the apostle who is said to have betrayed Jesus Christ. Nowadays, though, artisans shape their “Judas” like as horned devils or other characters considered evil by society. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A government supporter kisses a toy depicting late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during the celebration of the 21st anniversary of late President Hugo Chavez's return to power after a failed coup attempt in 2002, in Caracas, Venezuela on April 13, 2023. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





A child dressed in a “SuperBigote” (Super Mustache) superhero costume inspired by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro participates in the celebration of the 21st anniversary of late President Hugo Chavez's return to power after a failed coup attempt in 2002, in Caracas, Venezuela on April 13, 2023. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





Russian athletes parade in the Alba Games' opening ceremony at the baseball stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)