A billboard stands empty above a highway with no traffic as the sun sets in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 18, 2019. When the sun goes down in Venezuela’s capital, the once-thriving metropolis empties under darkness. (Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press)CARACAS, Venezuela — When the sun goes down in Venezuela’s capital of Caracas, the once-thriving metropolis empties under darkness. A shopping mall keeps it lights on, but the doors lock hours earlier than they did before, when they teemed with life. Residents desperate for cash transform patches of sidewalk into their impromptu shops, laying out old shoes or second-hand shirts as merchandise.

Source: Washington Post April 04, 2019 04:52 UTC