Why on earth would people talk about a war, when there isn’t one ? Well the truth is that it could take place in our neighbor country. The pain that arises when the word “War” is heard is unbelievable, the deaths, the hunger, the destruction and economical collapse it causes are just colateral damage of envy, greed and power. Sadly this might be our future, sounds dramatic and kind of ridiculous but when big powerful countries like Russia and the United States are involved in a conflict near us, there is nothing we can do but to hope for the best.
For far too long Venezuela has been under a ruthless regime, ever since Hugo Chavez climbed to the power everything started to fall apart, people thought it would be the start of a new era of splendor as the former president was said to be fair and thoughtful of those in need, everyone would live in a comfortable way and no greedy capitalists were to remain or at least that was believed by the people.
Even though at the beginning it didn’t seem as a bad think there is no socialism or communism, that could ever be established in a developing country as easy as they thought it would be. After Chavez died a new ”promise” of progress reached the power of the nation without anyone knowing it would be the doom of them all.
When talking about a real military intervention, US Secretary
To summarize, the country is in ruins, there is food scarcity and basic daily needs shortage, there are millions of civilians who by now have fled the country, while the remaining ones suffer desperately to protect their nation, their pride and patriotism, remembering Venezuela when it was on its splendor, a country filled with oil and natural resources, great educational system and several other cultural marvels, all wasted.
Furthermore, the exodus of Venezuelan citizens into neighboring countries in Latin America has been called the worst refugee crisis in the the South American territory, with other groups and associations stating that it is reaching the same scale as that of Syria. The majority of the immigrants live currently in Colombia with an approximate of 1.2 million refugees who have been affecting Colombia’s economic stability, long term economic growth considering the high vulnerability of unemployment and a huge crime rate augmentation.
By Natalia Del Castillo, Step 9.
