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The Venezuelan government's newest opponent is a state-funded orchestra

  • Written by Yana Genchova Stainova, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth Society of Fellows, Dartmouth College
imageMusicians protesting against government while holding instruments in Caracas, Venezuela.AP/ Fernando Llano

On May 4, an 18-year-old violist named Armando Cañizales marched against the government in Venezuela.

A video shows him walking slowly, arms outstretched. Minutes later, he was shot dead. Despite a lack of evidence to determine who shot...

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