A Cry For Help.

A Cry for Help

For over the years we, Colombian people, have seen how our neighbor Venezuela, which used to be a country that had an organized and stable economy, excellent education and primarily a huge oil reserve, that until now would be one of the greatest on the planet, is now suffering the side effects of its own government decisions causing the loss of its splendor.

As any matter in life, there are two sides toward this

situation:  How we perceive it and how they are justifying it, the most known side is what the people think around the world, which claims that everything happening is due to the mismanagement, selfishness, and ignorance of its leaders, there is a lack of basic resources such as toilet paper, clothes, soap, and basic hygiene needs, but the most alarming fact is that food its almost impossible for a minimum wage family to obtain, as a consequence people have seen no other choice than to leave Venezuela with the hope for a better quality of life in a neighboring country, triggering the refugee rate to arise and increase, day by day.

The United Nations recognizes this as a humanitarian crisis and many countries condemn its government’s actions but this is also seen as a political and economic disaster due to the hyperinflation that Nicolas Maduro’s command has caused.

On the other hand, the Venezuelan leaders have claimed that the only thing they are doing is protecting their sovereignty and natural resources, such as oil, which they fear is wanted by great world powers and they won’t let their image to be blackened, also Nicolas Maduro claims that those who stayed would be the true citizens of Venezuela.

What should we believe? What should we do? That’s the dilemma.

By: Daniela Yunez, Natalia Del Castillo, Valeria Villera.