Why Afro-Venezuelans oppose U.S. intervention in Venezuela

Why Afro-Venezuelans oppose U.S. intervention in Venezuela

Interviews in Spanish were conducted and transcribed by Annika Hom.  ​The first blast rattled Christian Pich Ortiz’s bedroom before sunrise, sending his mother and siblings into tears as detonations boomed over their community in Miranda, a state along Venezuela’s central coast. To protect themselves, they dragged their mattresses off the beds and hid beneath them. Quickly, he told them to move downstairs because “we were going to stand up.” He …