"OCUMARE DEL TUY, VENEZUELA - OCTOBER 11, 2017: Andreina del Valle Merchán, 25, watches over her malnourished 5-year-old daughter, who only weighs 11 pounds, at their family home in an abandoned government housing project. Six weeks after her 17-month-old nephew Kenyerber's death from severe malnutrition, Ms. Merchán's family is still struggling with hunger on a daily basis. They pass up to five days at a time without eating anything - only drinking water to ease their hunger pangs. ""This is a nightmare,"" she said, describing how the children start to vomit, sweat, and become sluggish after days of not eating. ""It is horrible,"" she said. Ms. Merchán and her family have made their home in an abandoned government housing project, with no running water nor indoor plumbing, and jury-rigged electricity - in order be able to spend all of their money only on food. The only food in the entire house this day was half a bag of salt, and one lime. PHOTO: Meridith Kohut for The New York Times"
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