Oil pool in the area around Lago Agrio. There are many other –and still visible– pools caused by Texaco/Chevron’s oil operations between 1964 and 1992. The environment and the health of indigenous populations were entirely destroyed in this area. The inhabitants of the region and the Ecuadoran government filed a lawsuit against Texaco/Chevron for 12 million dollars. November 2011.

"Buscando a Bolívar" is the result of my journeys through Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela between 2009 and 2014, during the presidencies of Evo Morales, Rafael Correa and Hugo Chavez. Along this route I found much more than I was looking for. I was dazzled by the unexpected,actracted by the ambiguity and the complexity; which are the very essence of reality.