The children of Venezuela’s “Revolution”

These kids have joined the crowd, and decided at a very young age (8 to 12 years old) to inhale tear gas and get shot during the manifestations. They have decided to fight back even knowing they will not have a proper medical treatment if they get injured. They do it because they are hungry, tired, alone, in danger and they want a better future. All in all, Chavez’s promise was not fulfilled, in fact it seems like it had the opposite effect: the number of street children increased during his time in office, and it keeps rising during his “legacy”, as Chavez named the current president Nicolás Maduro. More…