Athletes from Santa Lucia, from left, Russia, and Venezuela, take part in the Alba Games' opening ceremony at the baseball stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Spectators drape themselves with a Russian national flag during the Alba Games' opening ceremony, inside the baseball stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Dogs and owners run during of 4k pet run “A Race with a Cause”, organized to raise funds for a shelter for rescued dogs in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 30, 202. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Government supporters rally marking May Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 1, 2023. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A man holding a Venezuelan flag gestures as union workers, members of political opposition parties, and others participate in a protest against the government of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during May Day, in Caracas, Venezuela on May 1, 2023. (Photo by Gaby Oraa/Reuters)





A Venezuelan migrant arriving from Chile talks with her son as they wait to travel to Maracaibo, at the La Bandera bus terminal in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 7, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Blue and yellow macaws (Ara araurana) are seen ahead of the World Parrot Day in Caracas, Venezuela on May 7, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Blue and yellow macaws (Ara araurana) are seen ahead of the World Parrot Day in Caracas, Venezuela on May 7, 2023. The macaws find their home in the Venezuelan capital as bird enthusiasts in the city feed the parrots and protect their nests as well as help them adapt to the urban environment. People's contact with these birds have been increasing since they were introduced to the capital 30 years ago. Today, thousands of people receive them in the windows or terraces of their apartments. (Photo by Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Blue and yellow macaws (Ara araurana) are seen ahead of the World Parrot Day in Caracas, Venezuela on May 9, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People ride on escalators during the inauguration of the Sambil La Candelaria mall amid soaring and growing inflation, in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 28, 2023. The mall was expropriated by the Government of late President Hugo Chavez in 2008 and then returned to its owners in 2022 by President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A gold miner carries a sack of rocks to a grinding mill at a mine in El Callao, Bolivar state, Venezuela, Saturday, April 29, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A woman wades through a flooded street while Civil Protection personnel look for people to be evacuated after heavy rains caused by tropical waves affected several communities in the city of Valencia, Carabobo State, Venezuela, on May 30, 2023. (Photo by Juan Carlos Hernandez/AFP Photo)





Fishermen sit on their nets in Choroni, Aragua state, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Fisherwomen and men pull in a net of fish off the coast of Chuao, Venezuela, early Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Some women are joining a family tradition of fishing and in other cases launching new careers after losing jobs during Venezuela’s economic crisis. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Fisherwoman Greyla Aguilera and coworkers carry a net to place it on the beach on the coast of Chuao, Venezuela, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Aguilera, 48, said fisherwomen rely on each other and their parents to care for their children while they are at sea. “Someone always steps up to ensure that no woman misses a fishing shift”, she said. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Fisherwoman Maria Reyes stands over fish she will take home after a day of fishing off the coast of Chuao, Venezuela, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Reyes said she started fishing a few years ago when she graduated from high school. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A youth leans against a post near his catch of the day in Chuao, Aragua state, Venezuela, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





People take part in a dancing devils procession in the annual commemoration of Corpus Christi, in Chuao, Aragua state, Venezuela, Thursday, June 8, 2023. A Roman Catholic movable feast day celebrating the transformation of the body and blood of Christ into bread and wine, this year Corpus Christi falls on June 8. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A member of the Dancing Devils of Yare prepares to participate in a mass to receive the blessing of the “Santisimo Sacramento del Altar” in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, as part of the Corpus Christi celebration on June 8, 2023. Devotees disguised as devils, dressed almost completely in red and wearing colourful masks, dance giving their devotion to Jesus, to the Holy Sacrament and to their patron saint San Francisco de Paula, paying promises for health miracles. (Photo by Yuri Cortez/AFP Photo)





The Venezuelan Theater Company performs “Ka Poy Yepu” during the annual “Festival Internacional de Teatro Progresista 2023” in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, June 16, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)