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Venezuelan elections day
my name is ***í Silva
I'm from Barquisimeto, Venezuela
and now I'm living in Argentina I've been here for 5 years
I'm an agroindustrial engineer
I want to work in my field, but also...
...I'm making jewellery
color and music from Venezuela
we knew we had a lot of material
and while we look for a job
we could make some jewellery and it could be sold at a good price
John Guarenas, I'm Venezuelan I'm 30 years old
I came with ***í 5 years ago to the capital
I'm a musician
I came to Buenos Aires because
studying sound was very costly in Venezuela
and a lot more in Europe
I just finished my master's and was doing my thesis
as in all theses, there was a lot of leftover paper
the paper that had mistakes, the blurry ones
and it was a lot of waste
and I wanted to do something with that paper I didn't want to throw it away
she was searching for several days in youtube
several alternatives
and we said: we can do this
but she really fell in love with the idea of these beads that come from Uganda
was it a youtube video that you found?
no, it was a website
and I searched on the internet
and found that in Uganda
women were making with colored paper...
...beads to make bracelets, necklaces
and any type of...
...even handbags that are embroided with paper beads
and the interesting thing is that they're...
...they're customized, none is equal to the others because you can make them of different colors
...they can give us
...here I made the Venezuelan flag
and afterwards, when...
...when we saw that these elections were coming
we wanted to make something that stood out for today
that those of us who are here and in other countries
that isn't our land of birth
that miss our land of birth
and something that would take us to this little place
it was making Venezuelan flags
what do you say to Ugandan women?
I think it's very beautiful...
...this idea of using recycled paper
and getting these beautiful beads that you make
I loved the idea of making them of whatever color you want
whatever size you want, whatever shape you want
from magazines you were going to throw away
a very important idea
reducing pollution
and I did it thanks to your ideas