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In a Collapsing Venezuela, Kids Are Crossing the Border to Get an Education

By Andrew J. Wight
Photo courtesy Andrew J. Wight
Dec 12, 2018
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At the hectic border crossing between La Guajira department in Colombia and Zulia state in Venezuela, there are a surprising number of kids in school uniforms – niños pendulares, or pendulum kids.

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