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PHOTOS: It's Hard To Grow Up — And Grow Old — In HondurasAugust 19, 20187:00 AM ETMalaka Gharib 2016 Moises, 17, left, and Jaime look down on the patchwork of neighborhoods outside San Pedro Sula, a city in Honduras where gang rivalries play out. The violence is so bad that "no one goes in" the neighborhoods, says photojournalist Tomas Ayuso. "Food delivery trucks, ambulances don't want to go in because they're afraid something will happen." What's it like to live in Honduras today — and why do so many people want to leave?Those are the questions that photojournalist Tomas Ayuso, who grew up in the Central American country, explores in a project he calls "The Right To Grow Old."He picked that title because for many Hondurans, he says, especially young men in low-income urban communities, "the right to grow old has been destroyed. One has to fight for their right to grow old, either by migrating out of the country or enlisting in a gang for protection. But it's not a given."Before heading out on night patrol, gang members inspect their weapons in San Pedro Sula.Tomas Ayuso Read more at: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/08/19/635041889/photos-its-hard-to-grow-up-and-grow-old-in-honduras
