Andreina Pirrone left Venezuela for Argentina six years ago as her country was s...
BUENOS AIRES - Andreina Pirrone left Venezuela for Argentina six years ago as her country was spiraling towards the worst humanitarian crisis in its history. She did not know what the future would hold, but she was certain it would be brighter.
Argentina’s turmoil hits close to home for the South American country’s extensive Venezuelan community, many of whom moved here to escape rising poverty, spiraling inflation and tight controls on currency and food. “I did not leave Venezuela to fall back into another type of similar government, so yes, I would leave.”
In response, Macri rolled out plans to delay debt repayments and imposed capital controls to protect the peso. For some expatriate Venezuelans, that brought back reminders of home, which has long been under currency controls that many blame as the root causes of the country’s economic malaise. The sound of Venezuelan salsa music and scent of arepa cakes grilling have become familiar to cities across the region, including Buenos Aires. Nearly 650,000 registered Venezuelan migrants have settled in Argentina in the last few years.
Fears of political upheaval, though, have spooked some Venezuelans. Fernandez de Kirchner, the vice presidential opposition candidate who led the country between 2007-2015, was once an ideological ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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