Prayer, ritual, ceremony were everywhere and constant. “The whole time, you are in ceremony,” said activist AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez, who volunteered in the kitchens. “You wake in a space committed to prayer, every action is referred to as an act of prayer. If you are working in the kitchen and you are preparing this food, you are preparing medicine for the people. Prayer was embodied in the space; it was a posture you took.”8 Predictably, heart-wrenchingly, the militarized police force turned out to protect the interests of the oil business. One observer, who volunteered as a medic, witnessed
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