After six years of studying and working part-time jobs,
Cristian Diaga, 24, will soon graduate from medical school in Caracas,
Venezuela. But instead of continuing his training in a top hospital in the
country, as he had hoped, he is taking a job in a fast-food restaurant in
Argentina – a situation he says is much more preferable. “I do feel bad
leaving. I think everyone would like to give something back to their country,
but right now it is my life and future and all my possibilities to help my family
to get out of this madness,” he says. More than half of Venezuelans between 15
and 29 want to move abroad permanently, according to a poll carried out by the
US firm Gallup and shared exclusively with the Guardian. “In Venezuela, it
feels like we are all just dying slowly and there’s no hope for a change. I
don’t care if I’m gonna work as a doctor or not. I just want to have food,
medicines, security, a house, a car, and be able to give a good life to my
loved ones,” he says. More…
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