Venezuela Daily Life

Once again, the expectations of Venezuelans hoping for change were dashed.

The country sank back into political stalemate in May after an opposition call to the military to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. The attempt to seize power failed.

With both sides unable to deliver a knock-out blow, Venezuela spiraled deeper into neglect, isolation and desperation.

Power cuts remained widespread, though were less severe in Caracas, the capital. Fuel shortages took hold across a nation with massive oil reserves, creating more hardship.

Meanwhile, Norway announced that it was mediating between the Venezuelan government and the opposition in an attempt to reach a deal to end the political crisis. The opposition said the last meeting ended without agreement. 

AP photojournalist Rodrigo Abd has been on assignment in Venezuela, and along with capturing breaking news, he turned his lens on the daily life.

A view of Caracas, Venezuela, seen from the cable car that takes visitors to the top of La Avila National Park, Saturday, May 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A man carries subsidized gas cylinders provided by the government for 0.13 US dollars in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A girl lays her head down as she listens to mariachi musicians performing during a Mother's Day block party in Caracas, Venezuela, late Sunday, May 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Leomar Aguilar show the scars he got in prison as he gathers with friends outside a building occupied by squatting families in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Aguilar spent six years in prison after being convicted of robbery but went to live with the squatters after his release as he had nowhere else to go. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A woman uses pebbles to mark her Bingo card during a Mother's Day block party in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A man pushes his children in his recycling cart through downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A girl plays while commuting with her mother in the subway in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Children play on top of an abandoned car at the "Aguerridos Liberator" shanty town in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Children participate in a dance class in a parish house in the Petare shanty town, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Young dancers from the Style Dance Academy perform during a Mother's Day block party in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A boy wearing a mask and performing as a gangster with a fake gun, poses for a photo inside a building occupied by squatting families in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Women watch mariachis musicians perform during a Mother's Day block party in Caracas, Venezuela, late Sunday, May 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A man inspects the dirt he just scooped from the bottom of the polluted Guaire River, which runs through Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 10, 2019. Thousands of people, called “Garimpeiros,” look for scraps of copper, gold or silver carried by the river, and that they can sell to make a living in this South American country that is in the midst of a severe economic and political crisis. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Men play football amid discarded 50 Bolivar bills, outside a building occupied by squatting families in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Maria Dolores Cambon travels in the subway on her way to the dentist in Caracas, Venezuela, early Friday morning, May 3, 2019. "The country is a disaster, the government's broke the country, I'm going to Spain to live. I had hoped for a political change but after the last protests I think we are even worse off, the government is still in power." she says. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A woman holds a baby next to her shack in the "Siembra Socialista" shanty town, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Irene Vaamondez, right, dances with a neighbor as musicians play live music at a public plaza where neighbors socialize in Caracas, Venezuela, at sunset Saturday, May 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Mothers take care of their children on their room inside a building occupied by squatting families in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Adriana Rodriguez applies makeup in her room that shares with her three sons and seven other members of other family, in a building occupied by squatting families in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

In this May 15, 2019 photo, people sleep on the sidewalk to escape from the heat, due to the lack of electricity in their homes that does not allow them to run their air conditioners and fans, during a blackout in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Maracaibo's sweltering heat approaches 100 degrees (37 centigrade) most days, making the air conditioner a must. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

People commute in the subway in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 10, 2019. More than 3 million Venezuelans have left their homeland in recent years amid skyrocketing inflation and shortages of food and medicine. U.S. administration officials have warned that 2 million more are expected to flee by the end of the year if the crisis continues in the oil-rich nation. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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