Venezuela has been experiencing a human rights crisis for several years, resulting in a lack of access to food and medicine, a deterioration in health services, as well as violence and political repression by the state. And the country’s youth are picking up the pieces.

"Politics in my country is not a choice, it is a duty,” said Adriana Bottini, a young leader determined to make her voice heard.

“The Venezuelan government has stolen my youth. Being young is about challenging systems to make the world a better place and challenging power structures. Everything that was established has turned to ashes, there’s a whole new world to build and it's not an opportunity many young people get. There are no barriers to what I can achieve.”

 

 

Source: Amnesty International website