In Caracas without Maduro, “Everything Is Priority Right Now”

El Pais

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On Saturday evening, in a well-to-do neighborhood of Caracas, a bar is filled with people. Well-dressed and perfumed men tell of their week; women with lacy hairs and long eyelashes become selfies in the bathroom. There are people on the street who talk on their cell phone, heated talks about the current situation, a DJ who punctuates vinyls. Author cocktails. Everything in place. Above the roofs, a flock of blue macaws crosses the sky with thei…