Posted on 02/22/2019 9:03:02 AM PST by SJackson
Venezuelan expats in Florida Venezuelan expats in Florida back Trump's anti-socialism rhetoric, slam 'ignorant' AOC, Dems, slam 'ignorant' AOC, Dems
DORAL, FLA. - Rosa Viller was living a nightmare in Venezuela. She loved her country but she couldn't take her kids Sharon and Alejandro to the park. In fact, she couldn't take them anywhere without bodyguards for fear they'd be kidnapped and held for ransom.
It was no way to live.
"My husband was very, very afraid of the situation," she told Fox News. "He told me, 'Rose, we have to leave. We have two little kids. We have good jobs... a nice apartment... but how can we raise our kids in a country without safety or laws?"
The only option was to go.
"It was the best decision we've ever taken," she said.
Viller, who now owns a successful dry cleaner in Doral, is among thousands of Venezuelans who have made South Florida their new home.
The economic, political and humanitarian crisis that has engulfed Venezuela under embattled President Nicolas Maduro has set off a staggering exodus in the Latin American nation. According to conservative estimates, more than three million people have fled in the past few years. The lucky ones like the Villers leave in cars and planes. The majority make the trek to neighboring nations on foot. Those who can't afford to leave or physically aren't able to do so are left watching in horror as their country crumbles around them.
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JUST LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE!!!
Look at them.
One opened a dry cleaners
One opoened what looks to be a snack shop.
One WORKS in a coffee shop
Don't they know if they'd stay home they could vote themselves an income. Without even trying to work.
Someone needs to teach them the ways of the American political system.
“Venezuela’s current problems are the result of a toxic mix of political corruption and widespread economic incompetence.” says FNC
exactly like the NY Slimes and WaPoo, FNC refuses to acknowledge that socialism in Venezuela is the root of the problem ... oh no, it’s not socialism, but “economic incompetence” that’s the issue ...
I thought they were talking about Chicago.
They should return. Venezuela needs them more than we do.
At some point, that would be nice. Particularly for Venezuela. Don’t know their status, if it’s temporary, TPS, that is the plan.
Looks like the Venezuelans can offset the Puerto Rican vote in Florida.
All we need to know about commie countries is they build walls to STOP people from escaping.
Free Counties build Walls to keep excess and illegals OUT...
This has been all over local Spanish language TV....not so with English language stations.
Hispanics in Florida are solid with Trump.
Nothing teaches people to hate socialism more than actually living under socialism. The Venezuelans - and hopefully others in Latin America - have now been inoculated against this hideous intellectual virus for another generation.
“Right now for us, the Trump situation is changing,” she told Fox News. “We saw him one way with the wall but now I see him as a different person. He’s playing a role and sending a message that is so important for our country. It’s so satisfying to see him... When he was saying that the United States would never be a socialist or communist system, I was like, ‘Oh God, am I a Republican now?”
Some are Americans some are becoming Americans thru the process. I know a few here that have kept ties to the “old” country. A surprising amount are doctors/ medical field.
Sheesh, Fox News, make it more obvious which Democrat you think brings in the clicks by only naming them in your headline.
This just in, CNN can know call Florida for President Trump
Hilarious? NO.
bkmk
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