The Double Victims of the Venezuelan Crisis

We heard testimony after testimony that corroborated what Luis and Ana said. For example, Marina Contreras, a 26-year-old Venezuelan indigenous woman, lost a bag of medicines, and her one-year-old daughter’s only shoes. A week later, when we talked to her, the toddler still had no shoes. Other Venezuelans lost personal identification papers, a daunting setback given the time and effort it takes to obtain them in Venezuela. Cellphone videos show the mob shouting against Venezuelans, piling up their belongings and setting them on fire in the street, a loader tearing down a permanent stage for public shows under which Venezuelans had set up their tarps, and police standing by, doing nothing. More…