Prostitution Rises in Countries Bordering Venezuela as Crisis Drives People Out

As Venezuela’s economic crisis has driven families and workers out of the country in search of basic food items and healthcare, many neighboring and nearby countries have expressed concern over an increase in prostitution. Immigration authorities in Aruba’s capital city Orangestad detained 12 women working at a nightclub, deporting them Sunday, January 22. The women, between 22 and 27 years old, had come from the Venezuelan states of Falcon, Carabobo, Aragua, Táchira, Distrito Capital and other regions of the country. More…