Fisherwoman Ana Ache unhooks her bag above fishing nets as she prepare to return home after a day of fishing in Chuao, Aragua state, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Chuao is also the source of Venezuela’s most prized cacao, the raw ingredient in chocolate. But like other industries, chocolate has experienced a decline since the country’s crisis began last decade, pushing more people into fishing. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A reveler takes part in the Gay Pride march in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 2, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Boys stand atop a barrel during a rally in support of President Nicolas Maduro, at the 23 de Enero neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Diana Lander rides a wave as she surfs off Anare beach in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Surfer Diana Lander rides a wave at Anare beach in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Members of the Caracas FC fan club, who call themselves The Red Demons, light red smoke flares as they cheer for their team during the derby soccer match against Deportivo Tachira at Estadio Olimpico in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A girl, wearing a Barbie T-shirt, plays on an inflatable slide during a Children's Day celebration for pediatric patients and the children of university employees, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A man runs with his dog as people and their dogs attend a race to support Venezuelan shelters for animals, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Efrain Otero/Reuters)





People and their dogs attend a race to support Venezuelan shelters for animals, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Efrain Otero/Reuters)





A cable car moves towards the San Agustin neighborhood as a supermoon rises in the sky of Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, August 1, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A model displays a creation by designers members of the Carabobo Sostenible program who present a collection made of corn cob husks, plastic, and paper in front of the facade of the Virgen del Carmen church in the town of Mariara, Carabobo state, Venezuela, on August 3, 2023. (Photo by Juan Carlos Hernandez/AFP Photo)





A cat walks over waste lining the shore of Lake Maracaibo in the Santa Rosa de Agua neighborhood of Maracaibo, Venezuela, Tuesday, August 8, 2023. The pollution around the lake, one of Latin America's largest, is the result of decades of excessive oil exploitation on its bed, inadequate maintenance, and a lack of investment to improve an already obsolete infrastructure, according to environmentalists. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Oil and trash litter the shore of Lake Maracaibo the municipality of San Francisco, Venezuela, Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





A pig, coated with a thick greenish film that grows on the lake, sniffs the ground while foraging near the shore of Lake Maracaibo, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Residents gather on a seawall as passengers ride a boat on Lake Maracaibo, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Thursday, August 10, 2023. The lake has turned into a polluted wasteland, with crude leaking from rusting oil platforms and cracked pipelines. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade performs at the Concha Acustica of Bello Monte in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, August 22, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Youths play a pick-up game of basketball in the San Agustin neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, August 27, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A young Venezuelan miner works in an open pit mine in search of gold to later sell it in El Callao, Bolivar State, Venezuela, on August 29, 2023. In the town of El Callao, extracting gold from soil starts off as a kid's game, but soon becomes a full-time job that human rights activists says amounts to child exploitation. (Photo by Magda Gibelli/AFP Photo)





A girl plays under a light projecting a rooster on the floor during nighttime activities in the Chacao neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, September 2, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





Youths jump on trampolines at BrincaEste Park in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, September 6, 2023. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)