Venezuelans Raised Under Chavismo Come of Age On the Front Lines of Protests
Venezuelans Raised Under Chavismo Come of Age On the Front Lines of Protests
By
José González Vargas
Called the ‘Golden Generation’ by Chávez, they are nearly half of those killed in anti-government marches.
Lorena remembers her first impression of Hugo Chávez. He was the man in the poster that her father brought from the polling station after casting his vote.
"He explained to me that he was the president and he was facing a re-election," Lorena recalls. She was around six years old. "He told me the president is the one in charge of taking care of the citizens."
She's a college student now, part of what Hugo Chávez called ...
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