The newest members of the Venezuelan diaspora can be found
every Friday at the Value Store It Self Storage in Doral, Fla. On the
fluorescent-bright fourth floor, four units are stacked to the ceiling with
donated sheet sets, towels, dishes, toys, clothes, and, on this day, 60 boxes
of floral slip-on women’s shoes. The recipients begin arriving at 2 p.m.: a
public accountant and his journalist wife, a veterinarian, a registered nurse
with her baby and 10-year-old daughter in tow. All have been in the U.S. for
mere months. “I didn’t know there were places like this,” says Idianna Diaz,
the nurse, who started to cry after collecting some kitchenware and a
microwave. More…
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