She says that there was a mass exodus of Venezuelans to neighboring countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, which were devastated by COVID-19. “You already have those economic pressures, they’re already vulnerable because they’re displaced people. You have a lot of frustrations and tension and xenophobia that’s being increasingly directed at them in these countries. So you have this sort of cocktail of … insecurity in a literal sense, but also economic insecurity. That’s also pushing these people forward now.” Text and Podcast -> KCRW

Traducción de cortesía -> Dice que hubo un éxodo masivo de venezolanos a países vecinos como Colombia, Ecuador y Perú, que fueron devastados por el COVID-19. “Ya tienes esas presiones económicas, ya son vulnerables porque son personas desplazadas. Tienes muchas frustraciones, tensión y xenofobia que se dirige cada vez más hacia ellos en estos países. Así que tienes esta especie de cóctel de… inseguridad en un sentido literal, pero también de inseguridad económica. Eso también está empujando a estas personas ahora”.

“At my school, when I arrived in Peru from Venezuela, it was really hard to adapt and I suffered xenophobia … mainly from my classmates because they saw me as different,” Adriana, now 14, told Efe. “What they did was just make fun of me.” It’s a story that could also be told by many of the other 6.1 million Venezuelans who have left their country in recent years in search of a better life, according to figures from the United Nations, which organizes World Refugee Day every June 20. By Fernando Gimeno and Gonzalo Dominguez Loeda. Full Text -> LaPrensaLatina

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“En mi escuela, cuando llegué a Perú desde Venezuela, fue muy difícil adaptarme y sufrí xenofobia… principalmente de mis compañeros porque me veían diferente”, cuenta a Efe Adriana, que ahora tiene 14 años. “Lo que hicieron fue burlarse de mí”. Es una historia que también podrían contar muchos de los otros 6,1 millones de venezolanos que han dejado su país en los últimos años en busca de una vida mejor, según cifras de Naciones Unidas, que organiza el Día Mundial del Refugiado cada 20 de junio.

The events in the Chilean town of Iquique are just the latest chapter in a history of tensions sparked by Venezuela’s migration crisis. What’s the situation in the main destinations of the continent? Here’s the broad picture. Full Text -> Caracas Chronicles

Traducción de cortesía -> Los acontecimientos en la ciudad chilena de Iquique son solo el último capítulo de una historia de tensiones provocadas por la crisis migratoria de Venezuela. ¿Cuál es la situación en los principales destinos del continente? Aquí está el panorama general.

A group of activists recently met to protest a xenophobic backlash that Venezuelans are facing in Bogotá, Colombia. They were concerned about the city mayor’s response to two murders. Venezuelan Wilkerson Hernández, 28, is facing charges in the murder of Officer Edwin Caro, 24, a patrolman with the National Police of Colombia. The March 10 shooting in Bogotá happened after Caro and another police officer performed a traffic stop and a search. Full Text-> Local10

On Thursday, Mayor Claudia López referred to the attacks during a visit to lay flowers where Caro was slain, stating: “Everything is offered to Venezuelans, the same guarantees as all Colombians have. First they murder, then they steal,” remarked López, recalling a similar statement on Twitter after the capture of Muñoz’s murders, in which she wrote: “I don’t want to stigmatize Venezuelans, but there are some who are seriously making our lives extremely difficult.”. Full Text -> TheCityPaper

Many of the millions of Venezuelans already living abroad are at permanent risk of xenophobia and discrimination. What should we do? By Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian. Full Text -> Caracas Chronicles

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela has led to a mass exodus with neighboring Colombia being one of the most popular destinations for desperate nationals. But some Colombians are becoming resentful of the new arrivals, with scenes at times getting ugly. Video -> UNIVISION

Aldana, a single mother of three, told The New Humanitarian how she was recently sacked from the engraving job in the Ecuadorian capital because locals who needed work started criticising her employer for taking on Venezuelans, who, desperate for money, tend to work for less. By Steven Grattan, Full text -> The New Humanitarian