The 3rd December 2006

The new red shirts run through alleys-
not for Garibaldi’s revolution –
for Chavez’s re-election.

Rosalas dares residents to change leader;
replacing ranchos with oil barrels
and miles of guarded shops.

The rojito campaign on corners
dying their dogs red.

But if “Mi Negra” comes:
a free wage for every Caraqueno.

By winter will there be a labourer
in the heart of Venezuala?

Will hot rain fall on barrio roofs
where noone ever works?

inspired by Photos by Emma Lynch and text by
Nathalie Malinarich