Cry the beloved country
With its economy devastated by US sanctions on oil and its social structures starting to break down, Venezuela is bracing itself for possible American military invasion and potentially a full-scale civil war. A large chunk of its population has left the country, and Sarah Taaffe-Maguire spoke to a number of them who have ended up in Ireland
Around 2,000 Venezuelans live in Ireland. They’re a tiny fraction of the 2.3 million people who have left their homeland since 2014. Political unrest, rising crime rates, hyper-inflation and shortages of food and medicines have plagued the South American nation. More recently, matters have worsened with the US’s economic blockade placing new sanctions on the country’s main export of oil. Meanwhile, the Trump-backed opposition politician Juan Guaidó recently declared himself president after sitting ...
