Columbia

Since forever, Latin America has been in a perpetual state of political turmoil and social unrest. The consequences of this are multiple.

"Compra velitas, no hay luz," a Venezuelan man says to me at the border between Colombia and Venezuela, "Buy candles, there is no electricity". A few days ago, the Venezuelan military started allowing pedestrians to cross the Simon Bolivar bridge after closing the border completely in February.

One week and many canisters of tear gas later, the border between Venezuela and Colombia remains closed.