Nueve años después de migrar, Roberto Costa volvió a Venezuela para votar en las elecciones presidenciales del domingo 28 de julio de 2024. Se reencontró con su mamá, también migrante, quien como él vino a votar.

Between 2016 and 2024, almost 15,000 people have died in Venezuela at the hands of the security forces. Many of the victims were young black or brown people under the age of 30 who lived in the country’s slums. In 2019, some of their mothers banded together to share their grief and keep each other company while at the courts and prosecutors’ offices. The number of Madres Poderosas has just been growing ever since.