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  • A group of Norteno musicians wait to play music at a bar  in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that have become part of popular culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan053.jpg
  • Davis Semeco, righ, plays music  on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas, as his friend Edgar Russian listens.  The station operates out of the home of  Zulay Zerpa,  who donates the space in her bedroom 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.   Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia002.JPG
  • Jaime Alfredo Luevano and his mariachi band play music in downtown Aguascalientes.
    Rochkind_Aguascalientes001.JPG
  • Davis Semeco, righ, plays music  on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas, as his friend Edgar Russian listens.  The station operates out of the home of  Zulay Zerpa,  who donates the space in her bedroom 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.   Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia011.JPG
  • Davis Semeco, left, plays music as Rosa Amarista, middle , hosts their radio show on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas.  Sandino Peña, a community member stands in the foreground.  The station operates out of the home of Zulay Zerpa, who donates the space 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia010.JPG
  • Davis Semeco, righ, plays music  on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas, as his friend Edgar Russian listens.  The station operates out of the home of  Zulay Zerpa,  who donates the space in her bedroom 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.   Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia012.JPG
  • Davis Semeco, righ, plays music  on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas, as his friend Edgar Russian listens.  The station operates out of the home of  Zulay Zerpa,  who donates the space in her bedroom 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.   Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia009.JPG
  • Davis Semeco, left, plays music as Rosa Amarista, middle , hosts their radio show on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas.  Sandino Pena, a community member stands in the foreground.  The station operates out of the home of Zulay Zerpa, who donates the space 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia001.JPG
  • Davis Semeco, righ, plays music  on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas, as his friend Edgar Russian listens.  The station operates out of the home of  Zulay Zerpa,  who donates the space in her bedroom 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.   Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia012.JPG
  • Davis Semeco, righ, plays music  on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas, as his friend Edgar Russian listens.  The station operates out of the home of  Zulay Zerpa,  who donates the space in her bedroom 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.   Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia009.JPG
  • Davis Semeco, left, plays music as Rosa Amarista, middle , hosts their radio show on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas.  The station operates out of the home of Zulay Zerpa, who donates the space 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia010.JPG
  • Davis Semeco, righ, plays music  on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas, as his friend Edgar Russian listens.  The station operates out of the home of  Zulay Zerpa,  who donates the space in her bedroom 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.   Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia011.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radio program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia006.JPG
  • Relaxing in a beachside bar in Port Antonio, home of the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica011.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radio program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia008.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radion program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia014.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radion program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia013.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radio program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia005.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radion program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia013.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radio program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia007.JPG
  • Relaxing in a beachside bar in Port Antonio, home of the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica012.JPG
  • Views around Port Antonio, home of the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica008.JPG
  • Views around Port Antonio, home of the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica007.JPG
  • Views around Port Antonio, home of the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica006.JPG
  • Views around Port Antonio, home of the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica005.JPG
  • Views around Port Antonio, home of the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica004.JPG
  • A view from the terrace of one of the villas at the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica003.JPG
  • A view from the terrace of one of the villas at the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica002.JPG
  • A sign for "Bob Marley Beach" on the road from Kingston to the Geejam Hotel in Portland.  The Geejam is a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica001.JPG
  • Members of a Nortena band sit in their tour bus after giving a show in Mexico City. Many Nortena groups sing corridos, or songs that tell a story.  Some of these are narco-corridos, songs that tell the stories of famous drug dealers.  There has been a wave of killings of musicians that sing narco corridos.
    Rochkind_Misc003.JPG
  • Members of a Nortena band sit in their tour bus after giving a show in Mexico City. Many Nortena groups sing corridos, or songs that tell a story.  Some of these are narco-corridos, songs that tell the stories of famous drug dealers.  There has been a wave of killings of musicians that sing narco corridos.
    Rochkind_Misc002.JPG
  • A musician plays his accordion in downtown Nogales, waiting for someone to hire him.
    Rochkind_Nogales042.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radio program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia007.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radion program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia014.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radio program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia008.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radio program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia006.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radio program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia005.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radion program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia004.JPG
  • Jose Ovalles,right, and Elida Polanco co-host the radion program "Searching for America" on Radion Perola, a community radio station in western Caracas.  This episode of the show was mostly focused on pro-Chavez and anti-US rhetoric.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia003.JPG
  • A view of the Rocksteady Villa tucked away in lush vegetation at the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica030.JPG
  • A view of the Rocksteady Villa tucked away in lush vegetation at the Geejam, a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
    Rochkind_Jamaica029.JPG
  • Members of a Nortena band sit in their tour bus after giving a show in Mexico City. Many Nortena groups sing corridos, or songs that tell a story.  Some of these are narco-corridos, songs that tell the stories of famous drug dealers.  There has been a wave of killings of musicians that sing narco corridos.
    Rochkind_Misc001.JPG
  • People dance and drink and a nightclub while a group of Norteno musicians play music in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that become part of popular culture.  This style of music is increasingly popular and is part of Mexico's emerging Narco culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan055.jpg
  • People dance and drink and a nightclub while a group of Norteno musicians play music in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that become part of popular culture.  This style of music is increasingly popular and is part of Mexico's emerging Narco culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan056.jpg
  • People dance and drink and a nightclub while a group of Norteno musicians play music in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that become part of popular culture.  This style of music is increasingly popular and is part of Mexico's emerging Narco culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan054.jpg
  • A group of Norteno musicians play music at a night club in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that become part of popular culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan058.jpg
  • A group of Norteno musicians play music at a night club in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that become part of popular culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan057.jpg
  • A group of Norteno musicians play music at a night club in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that become part of popular culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan061.jpg
  • A group of Norteno musicians play music at a night club in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that become part of popular culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan060.jpg
  • A group of Norteno musicians play music at a night club in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that become part of popular culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan059.jpg
  • Wilfrido Galarraga, 21, and his nephew Onil Galarraga, 8, play instruments the roof of their home in La Vega, a poor shanty town on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela.  Wilfrido is part of the Venezuela Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, which is part of a music program encompassing more than 200,000 Venezuelan youth.  The program is meant to help underprivileged youth.
    Rochkind_Venezuela_YouthOrchestra005.jpg
  • Members of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra  play a concert for their guests, the New England Youth Orchestra .  The Venezuelan Youth Orchestra is part of a music program, that encompasses more than 200,000 Venezuelan youth.  The program is meant to help underprivileged youth.
    Rochkind_Venezuela_YouthOrchestra008.jpg
  • Wilfrido Galarraga, 21, and his nephew Onil Galarraga, 8, play instruments the roof of their home in La Vega, a poor shanty town on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela.  Wilfrido is part of the Venezuela Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, which is part of a music program encompassing more than 200,000 Venezuelan youth.  The program is meant to help underprivileged youth.
    Rochkind_Venezuela_YouthOrchestra002.jpg
  • A group of French tourists take a river boat cruise in Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos013.jpg
  • The sun sets over one of the many rivers in Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos012.jpg
  • A group of French  tourists watch birds at sunset during a visit to Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos006.jpg
  • Davis Semeco, right, plays music during his radio show on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas.  The station operates out of a home in a Caracas slum. Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_Social026.jpg
  • Students at the Florencio Jimenez school wait in line for lunch.  The school is one of the new "Bolivarian" Schools which are part of President Chavez's Education Reform.  The new Bolivarian Schools keep students for an entire day, as opposed to a half day, feed the students lunch and offer programs like drama, art and music.  The sign above the students reads "Bolivarian School Food Program".  While President Chavez touts his programs that benefit the poor, many point to a rising poverty rate and shrinking economy and claim the programs fail to substantially help.
    Rochkind_VenSocial014.tif
  • Davis Semeco, righ, plays music  on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas, as his friend Edgar Russian listens.  The station operates out of the home of  Zulay Zerpa,  who donates the space in her bedroom 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.   Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_VenComMedia002.JPG
  • Members of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra  play a concert for their guests, the New England Youth Orchestra .  The Venezuelan Youth Orchestra is part of a music program, that encompasses more than 200,000 Venezuelan youth.  The program is meant to help underprivileged youth.
    Rochkind_Venezuela_YouthOrchestra007.jpg
  • Wilfrido Galarraga, 21,plays his trumpet on the roof of his home in La Vega, a poor shanty town on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela.  Wilfrido is part of the Venezuela Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, which is part of a music program encompassing more than 200,000 Venezuelan youth.  The program is meant to help underprivileged youth.
    Rochkind_Venezuela_YouthOrchestra003.jpg
  • Wilfrido Galarraga, 21, plays his trumpet in his bedroom in his home in La Vega, a poor shanty town on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela.  Galaragga is part of the Venezuela Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, which is part of a music program encompassing more than 200,000 Venezuelan youth.  The program is meant to help underprivileged youth.
    Rochkind_Venezuela_YouthOrchestra001.jpg
  • Clouds cover the sky on top of one of the many rivers in Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos014.jpg
  • The sun sets over one of the many rivers in Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos010.jpg
  • A cowboy gallops his horse across Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos009.jpg
  • A group of French  tourists watch birds at sunset during a visit to Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos008.jpg
  • A group of French  tourists watch birds at sunset during a visit to Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos007.jpg
  • A tour guide gets his boat ready for a river boat cruise in Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos005.jpg
  • A group of French tourists take a river boat cruise in Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos004.jpg
  • A group of French tourists take a river boat cruise in Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos003.jpg
  • A group of French tourists take a river boat cruise in Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
    Rochkind_LLanos002.jpg
  • Davis Semeco, right, plays music during his radio show on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas.  The station operates out of a home in a Caracas slum. Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
    Rochkind_Social025.jpg
  • Ana Cecilia Yamusa(right) , Dugleymis Martinez(next to Ana) and other students say grace in their 1st grade classroom at the Florencio Jimenez school.  The school is one of the new "Bolivarian" Schools which are part of President Chavez's Education Reform.  The new Bolivarian Schools keep students for an entire day, as opposed to a half day, feed the students lunch and offer programs like drama, art and music. While President Chavez touts his programs that benefit the poor, many point to a rising poverty rate and shrinking economy and claim the programs fail to substantially help.  .
    Rochkind_VenSocial017.tif
  • Scarleth Pérez waits to say grace before eating lunchin her first grade classroom at the Florencio Jimenez school.  The school is one of the new "Bolivarian" Schools which are part of President Chavez's Education Reform.  The new Bolivarian Schools keep students for an entire day, as opposed to a half day, feed the students lunch and offer programs like drama, art and music. While President Chavez touts his programs that benefit the poor, many point to a rising poverty rate and shrinking economy and claim the programs fail to substantially help.
    Rochkind_VenSocial016.tif
  • Wilfrido Galarraga, 21, and his nephew Onil Galarraga, 8, play instruments the roof of their home in La Vega, a poor shanty town on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela.  Wilfrido is part of the Venezuela Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, which is part of a music program encompassing more than 200,000 Venezuelan youth.  The program is meant to help underprivileged youth.
    Rochkind_Venezuela_YouthOrchestra006.jpg
  • A group of French and European tourists visit Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
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  • The sun sets over one of the many rivers in Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
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  • A group of French tourists take a river boat cruise in Los Llanos in Venezuela. Los LLanos are the grasslands in western Venezuela famous for the "llanera" culture of cowboys and music.  Many working "Hatos" , or cattle ranches, dot the landscape of grasslands and river systems, offering tourists a chance to see the beautiful landscape and various wildlife.  Tourists go out on land and water excursions where they get a chance to see see caiman, orinoco crocodile, anaconda, piranha, numerous bird species and capybara, the world's largest rodent.
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  • Wilfrido Galarraga, 21,plays his trumpet on the roof of his home in La Vega, a poor shanty town on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela.  Wilfrido is part of the Venezuela Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, which is part of a music program encompassing more than 200,000 Venezuelan youth.  The program is meant to help underprivileged youth.
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  • Students eat lunch at the Florencio Jimenez school.  The school is one of the new "Bolivarian" Schools which are part of President Chavez's Education Reform.  The new Bolivarian Schools keep students for an entire day, as opposed to a half day, feed the students lunch and offer programs like drama, art and music. While President Chavez touts his programs that benefit the poor, many point to a rising poverty rate and shrinking economy and claim the programs fail to substantially help.
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  • Children eat lunch at one a Bolivarian School, part of Hugp Chavez's plan to reform the country.  Bolivarian Schools are free to the students, offer art and music classes, and also give the children two meals a day.  The school is in session all day, instead of a half day like some elementary schools.
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  • Children eat lunch at one a Bolivarian School, part of Hugp Chavez's plan to reform the country.  Bolivarian Schools are free to the students, offer art and music classes, and also give the children two meals a day.  The school is in session all day, instead of a half day like some elementary schools.
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  • The Bushbar restaurant at the Geejam Hotel has a computer playing music all day and available to guests to surf the web. The Geejam is a luxury boutique hotel with a state of the art recording studio that has attracted famous musicians to make their albums.
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  • Davis Semeco, left, plays music as Rosa Amarista, middle , hosts their radio show on "A New Day Radio", a community radio station in Caracas.  Sandino Pena, a community member stands in the foreground.  The station operates out of the home of Zulay Zerpa, who donates the space 7 days a week between 3pm and 9pm.  Chavez and his government have been increasingly supportive of these generally Chavista community media stations as a response to the anti-chavista private media.
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  • Children eat lunch at one a Bolivarian School, part of Hugp Chavez's plan to reform the country.  Bolivarian Schools are free to the students, offer art and music classes, and also give the children two meals a day.  The school is in session all day, instead of a half day like some elementary schools.
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