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Carlos Tinoco Antequera is a 49-year-old street vendor who began to lose his sight at the age of 12, which disappeared definitively at the age of 36.
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Carlos lives with his wife and four children in Las Gardenias, south of Barranquilla, since he was the beneficiary of a government program to own a social interest home in that place, however, the social situation of the complex is not the better for him and his family due to the various conflicts presented there.
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Despite his blindness, Mr. Carlos jogs twice a week with his wife, María Benítez, in a park near their home. He misses playing soccer and aspires to be part of a soccer team for blind people in the future.
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Carlos has four children, Maicol, Kiara, Ronaldo and Sala. The eldest, Maicol, presented problems at his birth, leaving him in a disabled condition, therefore, despite his 20 years, he cannot fend for himself.
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On a daily basis, his daughters, especially Kiara, 17, help him prepare for his day-to-day life. The preparation of his clothes and the accompaniment to take the transport from his house are the responsibility of the young women.
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A motorcycle taxi driver moves him from Las Gardenias to Avenida Circunvalar, in the south of Barranquilla, so that Mr. Carlos can take a bus or a taxi to the north of the city, where he works as a street vendor.
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Whether it’s a bus or a taxi, depending on its economy, Tinoco waits until a driver stops to use the public service, with the help of third parties.
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After getting off the bus, Mr. Tinoco picks up his merchandise at a store where they store it so that he can sell it as a street vendor.
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His cane has become his best support. Carlos does not know how to read braille, he would like to learn to improve his skills.
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Walking through the streets of Barranquilla is quite a challenge for Carlos Tinoco because they are not designed so that people with disabilities can get around optimally. Only some streets have tiles for the blind.
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Many drivers respect Carlos’ mobilization on the street, giving way is the way to help him.
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Carlos fell from a second floor in the north of the city selling merchandise and as a result, he had his retina detachment, by that time his blindness had advanced enough to leave him disabled as he also suffered from glaucoma and cataracts.
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Tinoco prefers to sell in the north of the city because the streets are usually more lonely and he has some regular customers, which makes him feel more comfortable when he travels.
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Carlos Tinoco grew up without his biological mother because she died when he was 7 years old. His father was somewhat inattentive with medical issues and apart from this there was no one who dedicated himself to the child who would begin to show signs of losing his vision at puberty.
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Carlos underwent surgery several times for glaucoma, cataracts and retinal detachment, however, these medical interventions were insufficient and in the end blindness won the war. At first he began to see everything red, then blurred until it was completely dark.
Vanexa Romero/The Time
Black and red shadows were the images that Carlos Tinoco began to visually perceive when his blindness began, which contributes to the poverty in which he and his family live, being the only provider of sustenance in his home as a street vendor. .
Carlos Tinoco, despite his blindness, goes out to work alone every day in Barranquilla.
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