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Multiple Venezuelan migrants and asylum-seekers said that the country is still far too dangerous and unstable for them to return.
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‘We just want our lives back.’ Maduro’s gone, but what’s next for 8 million Venezuelans who fled?
Nicolás Maduro's downfall has stirred a mix of relief, fear and uncertainty among Venezuela’s vast diaspora, many of whom were forced into exile by repression and hardship and now face the question of whether they could ever return.
According to exclusive polling for The Economist by Premise, a research firm based in Virginia, Venezuelans inside the country are pretty pleased with the dramatic turn of events, even if their vision for its future differs from that of President Donald Trump.
Venezuelans in the U.S. and in the South American country who've wanted to speak out against the former leader are getting their chance — and the messages have gone viral.
Many of the 8 million Venezuelans scattered across the Americas received the news of their president's capture with caution
Venezuelan citizens express cautious relief after Nicolas Maduro was ousted and taken to New York to face trial, ending years of controversial socialist rule.
About eight million Venezuelans have moved away from their home country since 2015 amid an ongoing economic and political crisis there. It is believed there are about 21,000 living in the UK. Although Padilla said he was very happy in his new North East home,
Rodríguez, in her own social media post, described their exchange as a “long and courteous conversation.” Trump praised her as well to reporters after he was asked about comments from Venezuelan security chief Diosdado Cabello,