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| Toronto Venezuela/Canada (Mixed) por Rafael Michelena |
Sonny Carmona, a current business administration student at
Seneca college, woke up to an official email explaining that conversions from
the Bolívar fuerte -- Venezuela's currency -- to foreign denominations were now
prohibited. "Kids [from Venezuela] had to sleep in streets, all around the
world," she explained. "It changed everything." Well into 2015,
Venezuelan students abroad are still bearing the impact of their government's
decision. Despite having a job, a car, and friends in Venezuela, Carmona and
her brother left for Canada because of security concerns at home. Although she
can't work in Canada, she has survived with help from the Toronto Venezuelan
community -- and from money bought by her parents on the black market. More…
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