A child dressed as “Super Bigote”, or Super Moustache, runs past a Venezuelan flag in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, February 28, 2022. The “Super Bigote” character is a Venezuelan superhero based on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A little boy digs a hole in the sand at the beach during Carnival celebrations in La Guaira, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A revelers with his face painted in black take part in the traditional carnival ceremony of The Burial of the Sardine, in Naiguata, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. The Venezuelan coastal town closes carnival season with the Spanish tradition of burying the likeness of a dead fish, as a symbol of burying the past, before the start of Lent, the annual period of penitence, prayers and sacrifice as the faithful prepare for Easter. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Juan Carlos Rodriguez holds on to sloth Chuwie in San Antonio, on the outskirt of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, March 12, 2022. Juan Carlos and his wife Haydee have transformed their home into a sloth rescue and rehabilitation center that seeks to care for and release sloths that have suffered electrocutions or accidents. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Friends help car owner Luis Daniel Castro, alias Lion, center, raise the lid of his trunk at a mobile party in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 4, 2022. The trunk of Castro's four-door Hyundai Getz has loudspeakers, amplifiers, bass bins and a space solely meant to show off throughout the night by throwing his shirt in there and having the fabric move to the beat of the music. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A pregnant women carries bottles of water from a natural creek amid water shortages across the country, in Caracas, Venezuela on March 22, 2022. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





A concert worker takes temperatures of fans entering the concert of Mexican singer Alejandro Fernandez and Colombian singer Jessi Uribe, as a COVID-19 pandemic measure in Caracas, Venezuela, March 3, 2022. Major artists are returning to Venezuelan stages after leaving it out of tours for years and ticket prices are ranging from $55 to $600 dollars. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A man sells hats with the name of Mexican singer Alejandro Fernandez and Colombian singer Jessi Uribe as people line up to get into the concert in Caracas, Venezuela, March 3, 2022. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Demonstrators fight for free t-shirts during a demonstration to demand de release of Colombian businessman Alex Saab who has been extradited to the U.S., during a protest in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 4, 2022. Saab, a close ally of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, who prosecutors in the U.S. believe could be the most significant witness ever about corruption in the South American country, was extradited from Cabo Verde and is now in U.S. custody. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





People lie down on a street as they scream demanding better salaries for workers, pensioners and retirees, during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





An elderly man sits on a plane made of cement at a park near a soup kitchen as he waits to pick up his free lunch in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 11, 2022. Venezuela has just over five million pensioners, according to official figures, but annual inflation which reached 686.4% last year has eaten up their pensions. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Roberto Carpio, 67, holds up an animal bone to symbolize that his monthly pension of about $30 dollars does not pay him enough to eat, during a protest demanding better pay for workers, pensioners and retirees in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, as police block protesters from reaching the vice president's office. Pensioners have protested dozens of times across the country, and at the protests in the capital, some could be seen wearing broken shoes and worn clothes. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A man looks at his smart phone as he sells watermelons on the side of the road in San Cristobal, Venezuela, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A woman looks as people place large-scale black and white portraits of members from the community of San Blas on display as part of the “Inside Out” global art project by French photographer JR, in the neighbourhood of Petare in Caracas, on April 12, 2022. (Photo by Federico Parra/AFP Photo)





Members of the Venezuelan National Bolivarian Militia, a branch of the National Armed Forces created by the late President Hugo Chavez, raise their weapons during the celebration of the militia´s 13th anniversary, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Government supporters are also commemorating the 20th anniversary of Chavez's return to power after a failed coup in 2002. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A devotee of a statue of Jesus carrying a cross known as the Nazareno de San Pablo, wearing a crown of thorns and the color purple, prays inside the Basilica of St. Teresa during Holy Week celebrations, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. After two years of COVID-19 restrictions the doors of the famous church opened its doors on Wednesday where the venerated statue resides. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Amateur actors take part in the reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during the Good Friday procession in the low-income neighborhood of Petare, in Caracas, Venezuela on April 15, 2022. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





A devotee dressed as a Roman soldier whips a penitent playing the role of one of two thieves sentenced to be crucified alongside Jesus Christ, during the Via Crucis or Way of the Cross reenactment in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 15, 2022. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A figure with images of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Mayor of Caracas Carmen Melendez and Venezuelan Minister of Electric Power Nestor Reverol is prepared to be burned during the traditional burning of Judas as part of the Holy Week celebrations in Caracas, Venezuela on April 17, 2022. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





Children participate in a greasy pole game during the traditional burning of Judas, as part of the Holy Week celebrations in Caracas, Venezuela on April 17, 2022. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)