CORREDOR: Reuniting and reconstructing Venezuela
In December 2015, the streets of Venezuela were overflowing with joy, because for the first time since 2000, the opposition had gained a majority in the National Assembly. With 112 opposition representatives versus 55 government representatives, the national assembly became the only official medium through which the opposition could voice its concerns. However, on March 30 of this year, teardrops of anger ran down the faces of many Venezuelans as they watched how the Supreme Court Justice of Venezuela stripped congress of its powers, dissolving the power of the National Assembly and the voice of its people. The decision of President Nicolás Maduro’s United Socialist Party outraged Venezuelans all over the world, diminishing their hopes to merely survive in their own country. Although the ruling was revoked on April 1, it scarred the country, and the damage has not been reversed till this day. March 30 represented the final drop of a long, exhausting battle — “they took everything, even our fear.”