Isabel Colina (L) and her daughters Barbara (C) and Magdalena eat at their home in Socopo, Venezuela March 1, 2018. Picture taken March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez
SOCOPO, Venezuela (Reuters) - It is mid-morning on a weekday yet all that can be heard in the once-bustling corridors of the Orlando Garcia state primary school is the swish of palm trees outside in the wind.
The white, tin-roof building in the town of Socopo once held nearly 400 children, yet closed two months ago in a protest by teachers and parents at low salaries and lack of school lunches.
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