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Related: About this forumTheir money worthless, Venezuela's desperate flee by foot
Source: Associated Press
Their money worthless, Venezuelas desperate flee by foot
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO
today
PAMPLONA, Colombia (AP) As night approached, Sandra Cadiz wrapped her shivering daughter in a blanket and prayed for a ride up the frigid Colombian mountaintop known as the icebox.
Ten-year-old Angelis already had on nearly all of the clothes shed brought for the 2,700-mile trek through four countries two pairs of leggings, several T-shirts and a light jacket. They did little to shield the girls thin frame from a biting wind.
The mother and daughter had fled Venezuela on foot, joining more than 650 migrants who walk away from the collapsing nation each day because they cannot afford a plane or bus ticket. Cadiz knew not everyone survived the trek across dangerous borders and an unforgiving terrain, but she feared staying in Venezuela would mean her already malnourished daughter going hungry.
Cadiz had less than $6 tucked into her bra, all that was left of her life savings. An hour passed, and no one picked them up. Two hours passed, then three, as the temperature steadily edged toward freezing. Only one woman stopped in a beat-up silver Toyota, but she wanted $12 for the two of them, which Cadiz couldnt pay.
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By CHRISTINE ARMARIO
today
PAMPLONA, Colombia (AP) As night approached, Sandra Cadiz wrapped her shivering daughter in a blanket and prayed for a ride up the frigid Colombian mountaintop known as the icebox.
Ten-year-old Angelis already had on nearly all of the clothes shed brought for the 2,700-mile trek through four countries two pairs of leggings, several T-shirts and a light jacket. They did little to shield the girls thin frame from a biting wind.
The mother and daughter had fled Venezuela on foot, joining more than 650 migrants who walk away from the collapsing nation each day because they cannot afford a plane or bus ticket. Cadiz knew not everyone survived the trek across dangerous borders and an unforgiving terrain, but she feared staying in Venezuela would mean her already malnourished daughter going hungry.
Cadiz had less than $6 tucked into her bra, all that was left of her life savings. An hour passed, and no one picked them up. Two hours passed, then three, as the temperature steadily edged toward freezing. Only one woman stopped in a beat-up silver Toyota, but she wanted $12 for the two of them, which Cadiz couldnt pay.
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Their money worthless, Venezuela's desperate flee by foot (Original Post)
Eugene
Oct 2018
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CrispyQ
(36,492 posts)1. Long & heartbreaking.
A month after arriving in Peru, Angelis and her mom are back on the move. The landlord kicked them out of the tiny room where Cadizs son lives when they couldnt pay more rent.
In one desperate moment, Cadiz considered going back to Venezuela, but relatives there told her things had only gotten worse.
They now live in a shelter and walk the streets each day selling knick-knacks. Still, there have been glimmers of the life they hoped for in Peru.
Angelis has gained 11 pounds.
In one desperate moment, Cadiz considered going back to Venezuela, but relatives there told her things had only gotten worse.
They now live in a shelter and walk the streets each day selling knick-knacks. Still, there have been glimmers of the life they hoped for in Peru.
Angelis has gained 11 pounds.
And if they come to America, we will take her daughter from her & detain them separately. And the right likes to call us a "Christian nation."
GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)2. I'm no apologist for Trump, but being separated from your kid is better than
watching that kid starve to death.
That is what is happening on the ground in Venezuela. Today.