It is difficult to get Venezuelans that the history of migration does not touch them closely. For many it is the story of their own life, which they have to change for pleasure and necessity. Some because their businesses can no longer develop and seek alternatives to invest resources and knowledge. So, yes, there were many investors, their families and their money, but above all their entrepreneurial spirit, which became investments, employment and development remained here ... and they did not let it be.
And you will be after the high level professionals, who now serve the societies that hosted them.
And then the crisis got worse and the population most in need bore the brunt. Venezuelans are divided between those who have access to dollars and those who do not. Unlike the first waves of migration, the new wave involves the base of the pyramid, which predicts a massive outflow of people, much higher than what has already gone. This new wave does not do so in an orderly, structured, or legal manner. Product of despair and need, many Venezuelans ride a bus ... and they do. Where? It has nothing to do with an officer formally processed but with a distant cousin who offers to help. A brother who left first or a grandfather who was there. And then, take a deep breath, think of your mom's medicine, of the carajito school, the dad's lunch and with the other on your shoulders, the heavy of solidarity ... it goes away.
How many? We do not know with certainty, but there is at least 7% of the population outside and this migratory wave can triple it in the coming years. The number that most impacted in the last Datanalisis survey is the% of residents who are making procedures to emigrate, which went up from 12% in 2015 to 35% in 2017. The migratory projection is a solution.
Nothing will solve this situation, which affects us dramatically, if we are not able to offer our children a decent life today and the possibility of living better than us tomorrow. That is our country challenge and we can not let ourselves be scared or primitivized. You have to do what you have to do, despite being afraid. That is the definition of courage.