07 May 2017 20:44 - 07 May 2017 20:47 #53986
by j2001
Venezuelan anti-government activists call her 'Mujer Maravilla,' Spanish for Wonder Woman.
Recent photos of Caracas fitness instructor Caterina Ciarcelluti, 44, in a colorful motorcycle helmet throwing a stone at police during a recent protest against the government of Nicolás Maduro went viral on social media.
"Mentally I am stronger than I look physically," she told Univision.
The resemblance to Marvel's superheroine is evident in her tensed, athletic body, captured in the act of throwing a stone. But mental strength, she says, is what has kept her and thousands of Venezuelans on the streets for 30 days.
"I've been protesting since day one, so when they sent me this photo it was a surprise, but I'm glad if it has a positive outcome, so they know about us and also about the women who are leading along with the men," she explains.
In the images seen every day of protests in cities across the country many women can be seen on the front lines.
Ciarcelluti gets around Caracas on her motorcycle, wearing a helmet and a Venezuelan flag. "We have no weapons, they have weapons, they have the power," she says, referring to the harsh repression of protesters by state security forces.
www.univision.com/univision-news/latin-a...elas-street-protests
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