Escaping Venezuela

[tacobell fan]

Desperate Venezuelans are traveling—on foot—as much as 5,000 miles to flee the misery wrought by Nicolas Maduro's regime

 

 

They’re called “los caminantes”—the walkers—the Venezuelans so poor and so desperate to flee their country’s humanitarian crisis that they set off on foot to surrounding nations in search of work. Their journey may only take them to Cucuta, the Colombian town just across the border, or as far south as Buenos Aires, some 5,000 miles from Caracas.

And while most of them manage to hitch rides for parts of the trek, they will have no choice but to hoof it for hours and, at times, days on end, through what can be brutal conditions—the bitter cold of the Andes and the searing heat of the tropical savanna. One dreaded spot alone, the Paramo de Berlin, a frigid, wind-swept highland in northern Colombia that soars some 12,000 feet into the sky, is reported to have claimed several lives.

As Nicolas Maduro, the autocratic leader of Venezuela, stymies international efforts to strangle his government and drive him out of power, one thing is clear: more and more people will choose to walk out of the country. In all, some two million are expected to migrate in 2019. We spent a couple of days with one group of them. This is their tale. 

[tacobell fan]

when compared to Syria, middle east, Africa, venezuela immigrant life on H1 is much better but i prefer we are forced to go back to India at least we don't lead the miserable life of an immigrant. 

[k2s]

3 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

Desperate Venezuelans are traveling—on foot—as much as 5,000 miles to flee the misery wrought by Nicolas Maduro's regime

 

 

They’re called “los caminantes”—the walkers—the Venezuelans so poor and so desperate to flee their country’s humanitarian crisis that they set off on foot to surrounding nations in search of work. Their journey may only take them to Cucuta, the Colombian town just across the border, or as far south as Buenos Aires, some 5,000 miles from Caracas.

And while most of them manage to hitch rides for parts of the trek, they will have no choice but to hoof it for hours and, at times, days on end, through what can be brutal conditions—the bitter cold of the Andes and the searing heat of the tropical savanna. One dreaded spot alone, the Paramo de Berlin, a frigid, wind-swept highland in northern Colombia that soars some 12,000 feet into the sky, is reported to have claimed several lives.

As Nicolas Maduro, the autocratic leader of Venezuela, stymies international efforts to strangle his government and drive him out of power, one thing is clear: more and more people will choose to walk out of the country. In all, some two million are expected to migrate in 2019. We spent a couple of days with one group of them. This is their tale. 

Enni Hitlers unnaru man ? Ila ppl suffer authunnar

[LastManStanding]

4 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

when compared to Syria, middle east, Africa, venezuela immigrant life on H1 is much better but i prefer we are forced to go back to India at least we don't lead the miserable life of an immigrant. 

 Ma vallu oppukoru bro...American avg house hold income lu teliyav veellaki..save cheyalsinde, India lo plot konalsinde

[sboyr2r]

1 minute ago, LastManStanding said:

 Ma vallu oppukoru bro...American avg house hold income lu teliyav veellaki..save cheyalsinde, India lo plot konalsinde

Villa kattalsinde, peddirkam kottalsinde

[tacobell fan]

6 minutes ago, LastManStanding said:

 Ma vallu oppukoru bro...American avg house hold income lu teliyav veellaki..save cheyalsinde, India lo plot konalsinde

I'm not  sure if it's just me or most of you has same feeling but for some reason it's haunting me that this is not right and I don't belong here ani. Mestri's kinda client to client change ayyi or full time tisukunte job security fear valla very much discomfort ga undi

[sboyr2r]

Just now, tacobell fan said:

I'm not it's just or most of you has same feeling but for some reason it's haunting me that this is not right and I don't belong here ani. Mestri's kinda client to client change ayyi or full time tisukunte job security fear valla very much discomfort ga undi

Why bro why discomfort 

 

[LastManStanding]

6 minutes ago, k2s said:

Enni Hitlers unnaru man ? Ila ppl suffer authunnar

He doesn't want to do his bro...Hitler lekka kadhu, but vadi policies alantivi...Chavez chanipoyaka chala kashtam aipoindi all of a sudden

Chavez

Gadaffi

Saddam

        Ila evaru chanipoyaka kuda...tirigi regular life ravataniki years padutundi...Saddam mida ki poinappudu 22 days lo Bhagdad reach ayyaru kani years pattindi akkada people ki normal life ravataniki..ippudu kuda US involve avutundi akkada..it will be okay after few years, but valla gas antha US ki vachestundi

[sboyr2r]

1 minute ago, tacobell fan said:

I'm not it's just or most of you has same feeling but for some reason it's haunting me that this is not right and I don't belong here ani. Mestri's kinda client to client change ayyi or full time tisukunte job security fear valla very much discomfort ga undi

Ne lekka amaravati lo 20 acres vunte nen eppudo vellipoyetodini 

[tacobell fan]

Just now, sboyr2r said:

Ne lekka amaravati lo 20 acres vunte nen eppudo vellipoyetodini 

no kidding bro, we grew up in very minimalist agricultural family. It's not easy to just wake up in the middle of the night and start behaving like someone who we aren't kada. I know it sounds silly but practically it's not that easy. 

[LastManStanding]

5 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

I'm not it's just or most of you has same feeling but for some reason it's haunting me that this is not right and I don't belong here ani. Mestri's kinda client to client change ayyi or full time tisukunte job security fear valla very much discomfort ga undi

ala enduku bro...you are here from a while anukunta kadha...asalu avanni alochinchaku bro.mellaga nadustu undtundi anthe..

[tacobell fan]

23 minutes ago, LastManStanding said:

He doesn't want to do his bro...Hitler lekka kadhu, but vadi policies alantivi...Chavez chanipoyaka chala kashtam aipoindi all of a sudden

Chavez

Gadaffi

Saddam

        Ila evaru chanipoyaka kuda...tirigi regular life ravataniki years padutundi...Saddam mida ki poinappudu 22 days lo Bhagdad reach ayyaru kani years pattindi akkada people ki normal life ravataniki..ippudu kuda US involve avutundi akkada..it will be okay after few years, but valla gas antha US ki vachestundi

This is exactly i was trying to convey my thoughts, when you used to certain life you cannot turn up side down like a bulb or fan you can turn on/off switch. We are humans no matter which country we belong. But our situations may differ but our hearts are all same. 

[tacobell fan]

Just now, LastManStanding said:

ala enduku bro...you are here from a while anukunta kadha...asalu avanni alochinchaku bro.mellaga nadustu undtundi anthe..

This is really bothering, like I don't want to be in that group and just time pass. It's not good (at least for me). 

[LastManStanding]

1 minute ago, tacobell fan said:

This is exactly i was trying to convey my thoughts, when you used to certain life you cannot turn up side down like a bulb or fan when you turn on/off switch. We are humans no matter which country we belong. But our situations may differ but our hearts are all same. 

 

[sboyr2r]

1 minute ago, tacobell fan said:

no kidding bro, we grew up in very minimalist agricultural family. It's not easy to just wake up in the middle of the night and start behaving like someone who we aren't kada. I know it sounds silly but practically it's not that easy. 

So you say do you don’t have a clue why you are here struggling though you have more than what you had growing up ?