Postcard from Venezuela
By Aleksander Boyd
London 25.05.05 | The graffiti above reads "we exchange Russian rifles for a day-long supply of water" and is signed by "the people" ("cambiamos fuciles rusos por agua todo el dia" el pueblo). The picture was taken in La Miel, a little town in Lara estate. It seems that the glorious revolution is yet to arrive, with its alphabetization programmes and infrastructure developments, to that forgotten place...
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