A woman is detained by security forces after looting broke out during an ongoing blackout in Caracas, Venezuela, March 10, 2019. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
A runner participates in the Santa Run 10K race in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, December 19, 2021. This is the first Santa Run since the start of the pandemic. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)
A street vendor wearing a Santa Claus costume sits next to a girl at the boulevard of Sabana Grande in Caracas, Venezuela December 19, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)
A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, with a doll depicting late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on his hat, reacts as he stands at the Plaza Bolivar near the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)
In this May 31, 2016 photo, pieces of watermelon litter the trash area of the Coche public market in Caracas, Venezuela. Staples such as corn flour and cooking oil are subsidized, costing pennies at the strongest of two official exchange rates. But fruit and vegetables have become an unaffordable luxury for many Venezuelan families. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)
A police officer carries a woman who fainted while gathering to try to buy pasta outside a supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela, June 10, 2016. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)