Bull rider Eveling Perez rides a bull during an event celebrating the feast day of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Candles in Teustepe town, central Nicaragua on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. AFP PHOTO
TIPITAPA, Nicaragua: When Eveling Perez was a teenager, she became fascinated by bull riding, but her brother told her it was only for men in Nicaragua, where machismo was and still is the norm.