It was important to us that in reporting this story, readers could see the women we followed as fighters within a system, and not just victims.https://nyti.ms/2Vm6b4f
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This is Kenny Chirinos, who died this year in a Venezuelan hospital following a cesarean section — and an infection that she fought for days. She was an avid adventurer. Hearing her husband speak about her, I was reminded of all the sporty women I know from my last beat, in Colo.pic.twitter.com/3SiOyrxEDB
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Milagros Vásquez, who we watched travel from hospital to hospital, was once a star athlete so celebrated for her skill that she traveled Latin America representing Venezuela. (She played handball, which I hear is a famously tough sport.)pic.twitter.com/uk6LbpRVeP
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This is Kahel, whose mother Aydimar Alvarado traveled to 12 different hospitals, bleeding and crying, before she found one that would help her give birth. Kahel died 10 days later. That day her friends had planned to throw her a baby shower.pic.twitter.com/GSBADW9IGN
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