In Caracas, equine therapy offers hope for disabled kids from low-income families


CARACAS (Reuters) - Claireth Mendoza's six-year-old son Drake squirms in his mother's lap. She asks him to raise his head and the boy straightens up.

Drake suffers from cerebral palsy, and until recently struggled to do something as simple as looking up at his mother.

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