Every weekday morning, a line of several
dozen forlorn people forms outside the dingy headquarters of SAIME, Venezuela's
passport agency. As shortages and violence have made life in the country less
bearable, more people are applying for passports so they can go somewhere else.
Most will be turned away. The government ran out of plastic for laminating new
passports in September. "I've just been told I might need to wait eight
months!" says Martín, a frustrated applicant. A $250 bribe would shorten
the wait. More…
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