The Threat Of Mass Migration Looms For Venezuela

Washington Post: Hungry Venezuelans flood Brazilian towns, as threat of mass migration looms

PACARAIMA, Brazil — Rosibel Diaz used to affectionately call her 4-year-old son “my chubby boy.” She couldn’t stand it when he started going hungry.

So in November, Diaz packed up her family’s possessions and boarded a bus with the boy and her 11-month-old daughter to escape Venezuela’s famished interior. She now lives under a blue tarp in a trash-strewn alleyway of this Brazilian border village, where she begs for food.

“I won’t go back,” said the rail-thin mother, who lost her job as a home nursing aide four years ago. She leaned against a pole, feeding a piece of bread to the baby. “We are surviving here,” she said.

Survival for Venezuelans such as Diaz is becoming a matter of flight. About 10,000 Venezuelans are streaming into Brazil every month in search of food and medicine, authorities say, camping out on the streets and swamping government services in Amazon frontier towns ill-prepared to receive them.

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WNU Editor: As predicted by this blog a few months ago .... as the economic/social crisis worsens in Venezuela .... more and more Venezuelans will leave. As to how many may leave .... millions left Cuba for a better life, I expect the same for Venezuela.

More News On The Growing Crisis In Venezuela

Hunger is driving up crime in Venezuela as violence hits new highs, report says -- Miami Herald
As Venezuela goes hungry, its military makes money by trafficking food -- CBS/AP
Venezuela military controls food as nation goes hungry -- Al Jazeera
Venezuela's Catholic Church says political crisis is 'real situation of dictatorship' -- UPI
Venezuela cedes Mercosur presidency to Argentina amid membership dispute -- DW
Venezuela's Oldest Daily Newspaper, El Impulso, Shuttered Due to Paper Shortage -- NBC
Venezuela says to cut 95,000 barrels per day crude output in OPEC deal -- Reuters
Hunger and panic: Venezuela's continuing currency crisis pushes country to brink of collapse -- David Gilbert, VICE News
Venezuela’s Deadliest Year -- New York Times