Aid from the Padre June 4, 1962 by Hector Rondón Lovera. Priest and Navy chaplain, Luis Padilla, gives last rites to dying soldiers fatally wounded during a government revolt in Venezuela against President Betancourt in June 1962. More than 200 were killed before rebels were beaten. Venezuelan photographer Héctor Rondón Lovera covered the many compelling scenes during the short-lived conflict “I found myself in solid lead for forty-five minutes… I was flattened against the wall while bullets were flying, when the priest appeared. The truth is, I don’t know how I took those pictures, lying on the ground.” The photograph, won a Pulitzer prize in 1963.
