An underground miner in El Callao, Venezuela’s capital of legal and illegal gold mining in the Arco Minero del Orinoco, which concerned observers have dubbed the Arc of Desperation. It is a region where soldiers keep watch behind sandbags or roam the region with balaclava-covered faces and rifles in hand. President Nicolás Maduro’s errant granting of this to the army has been punctuated by blood and bullets. Earlier this year, the army killed 18 civilians, with police photos and death certificates obtained by Bloomberg showing that many victims were shot in the head and face.