long article, really telling in that Dominicans used to leave to go Venezuela for better wages and living conditions.
https://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/ven...-KD9207639
Venezuelans in the Dominican Republic: taking chances for roles or living in limbo.
SANTO DOMINGO. "My daughter, who was born and grew up under the government of Chavez and Maduro, accustomed to some supermarkets with empty shelves, suddenly entered the Jumbo and gave it as a shock. He began to see a society of abundance that she did not know (...) and began to shout for joy, "said a Venezuelan photographer who migrated more than a year ago to the Dominican Republic.
As his immigration status is irregular, he asked that his identity be safeguarded. For this 60-year-old man, it was precisely his 10-year-old daughter who was the main motivation for the family to take a plane on October 31, 2016 and leave Venezuela to start from scratch.
In the case of the couple of educators who migrated six months ago, she arrived first with their son, in an effort to give her the treatment to lower her blood lead as soon as possible. She received help from an aunt and from the congregation of a church: temporary housing and US $ 20 that she used to buy supplies to make yogurt and sell it on the streets, accompanied by her little one.
"Many people bought me simply because they knew I was Venezuelan and I used to sit and cry because I said: guao, my Venezuelan relatives in other countries are being rejected, they are being mocked, as is the case of Panama, and here the people are so beautiful" , the young woman recalled in a choked voice and holding back her tears.
But the pressure also threatens other countries. A recent survey by the Venezuelan firm Consultores 21 indicates that 40% of those interviewed want to leave Venezuela before the economic problems that invade that nation. That, in simple numbers, equals eight million people who want to leave there, and who show predilections for possible destinations: Colombia, Chile, the United States and Peru are among the preferred.
