One of the five stars that used to adorn the facade of the Margarita ... up with the island of 500,000 people. The signs of decline are everywhere. Several clothes and souvenir shops along the ...

On Margarita Island, derelict hotels stand on dead streets ... Several clothes and souvenir shops along the main shopping drag, Santiago Marino, stand empty. And power outages are frequent.

One of the five stars that used to adorn the facade of the Margarita hotel on the Venezuelan paradise island of the same name has fallen off. Not that there are any guests to notice. The hotel is ...