A Tale of Two Cities: A Photo Essay of Protests & Polarisation in Mérida, Venezuela
This photo essay follows the development of the unrest from the beginning, and looks at the current state of a town divided between the eerie tension of the barricades and the bustling normality of the rest of the city.
Since early February the city of Mérida in the Venezuelan Andes has been subject to opposition protests and street barricades, which have been met with counter-protests by government supporters. This photo essay follows the development of this unrest from the beginning, and looks at the current state of a town divided between the eerie tension of the barricades and the bustling normality of the rest of the city. All text and photos by Ewan Robertson, unless otherwise stated.