The inhabitants of the Caracas community gathered to commemorate the date with hundreds of “parrots”. The neighborhood brings together more than a million people, the vast majority in poverty February 18, 2021 The inhabitants of the Caracas community of Petare, the largest neighborhood or favela in Venezuela, launched 400 parrots on Wednesday to celebrate the four centuries of existence of this neighborhood that brings together more than a million people, the vast majority in the poverty.
The quatricentennial celebration included numerous activities, including games for children, a Catholic liturgy, musical presentations and artistic exhibitions, which brought together hundreds of people, most of whom wore masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This initiative, he explained, seeks to “empower the mothers and children” of this favela so that “they have hope, that they feel free” and encourage them to work for “that Petare that we can build”.
Petare is located in the east of the Venezuelan capital and is, by far, the most striking example of the poverty that the Caribbean country registers in its neighborhoods, where 80% of citizens whose needs are extreme and urgent live.
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