CHRONICLE OF DEATHS UNTOLD
In Venezuela’s Thug State, Even the Morgues Don’t Work
Every actor who should have your back is either on the take or on the make, and all the basic features of society have been torn to shreds.
Annika Hernroth-Rothstein
04.08.19
CARACAS, Venezuela—“Manuel’s mother died last night.â€
This is what my friend texted me this morning, telling me about our colleague’s loss.
I’m just about to text my condolences when the phone pings again, and I see something I’ll never be able to unsee.
The body of a woman, covered by a thin white sheet, spread out on an old maroon couch. Next to her are plastic bottles that once contained some sort of off-brand soda, now filled with frozen water and used to keep the body of my friend’s mother from rotting in the heat.
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