We spent yesterday covering the student demonstrations taking place here in Caracas. These are marches that are considered illegal by the Venezuelan government because they do not have the necessary permissions, and subsequently are not tolerated very well by the security forces.
The students from one of the universities decided to march along (in) a major highway that cuts through the city. I stood there in horror witnessing these kids with hastily painted signs scurry about in four lanes of high-speed traffic yelling unfathomable slogans. The story here looked as if it was going to be the demonstrators getting flattened by speeding trucks.
We stood off to the side and filmed the students as they rallied support for their side of the upcoming referendum. Hundreds of these kids were marching for a pro-democracy movement, against a Socialist government that was demanding even greater Socialist reforms. How times change.
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Varanasi, India, The River Ganges
A Zen Buddhist, Security Professional, Paramedic using multimedia to document the journey.
Empty-handed I entered the world.
Barefoot I leave it.
My coming, my going-
Two simple happenings
That got entangled.
Varanasi, India, The River Ganges
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Preparing for Ironman Coeur d'Alene
Paramedic and executive protection specialist (bodyguard) traveling from one troubled area to the next, using multimedia to chronicle my thoughts and impressions as I experience them.
Paramedic and executive protection specialist (bodyguard) traveling from one troubled area to the next, using multimedia to chronicle my thoughts and impressions as I experience them.
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Danger Pay: Memoir of a Photojournalist in the Middle East, 1984-1994, by Carol Spenser Mitchell
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