CARACAS.- Nostalgia fills the homes of more than seven million Venezuelans who were forced to flee Venezuela and of those who consider his departure in case the Nicolás Maduro regimewhich has plunged the oil country into an unprecedented crisis, remains in power.
Looking ahead to presidential elections of July 28in which the standard-bearer of the democratic opposition Edmundo González Urrutia, who has the support of opposition leader María Corina Machado, will face Maduro, analysts and political leaders have warned of the possibility of an exodus “never seen before” if the Chavista ruler manages to be re-elected through fraud or manipulation of the process.
However, the roots of Venezuelans in their land, composed of desert, jungle, snow and volcano, as the popular song Venezuela says, transcends misery, corruption and destruction left by 25 years of Chavismo.
This small territory, of 916,445 square kilometers, which limits to the north “with the party that is the Caribbean”, to the south with “the fantastic jungle of Brazil”, to the west with “kilometers of vallenato, cumbia and brotherhood”, which unites it with Colombia, and to the east with “the vastness of the Atlantic and that historical dispute, once again in fashion”, which is Guyana, It is still the home of around 30 million citizenswho despite the difficulties and distance, keep their roots and connection with their beloved land alive.
Venezuela, the home of 30 million Venezuelans
“My house has 30 million inhabitants. It has an ocean of beautiful, nocturnal and sensual women. My house is a vehement and delirious geography. They have called it Land of Grace, Little Venice, North of the South, El Dorado, Melting Pot of Races, Paradise Lost,” he mentions in the article. The big housepublished in 2015, the Venezuelan writer Leonardo Padrón.
Today his letters, written in a different electoral context, in which the opposition obtained its first great victory over chavismo gaining the majority in Parliament, they once again become relevant, becoming a trend of TikTokjoined by thousands of Venezuelans, who share images of their landscapes, their beauty, their culture and their people, always smiling and optimistic.
“My house has a blue roof almost all year round. My house is a climate of short sleeves and easy laughter. My house has a catalog of unrepeatable beaches. And if I walk it fully I come across the beauty of its water abysses, with the mist riding on its moors, with its round trees, with its tamarind and paper sun,” recites the voice of the Venezuelan Yenny Morales, in an audiovisual in which they present images of the impressive natural landscapes of the 23 states of the South American country and its capital, Caracas.
The images shared by users of the social network TikTok recall characteristic moments of Venezuelan culture, which overflows with joy, humor and human quality, with its music, its sports and its typical dishes, in which the essence of the Venezuelans.
They are memories that today contrast with the reality of millions of ffamilies that have been separated due to the exodus of millions of Venezuelans who fled the Chavista regime and in search of a better future.
Family reunion
Less than two months before the electoral process that will define the direction of the oil country for the next six years, Venezuelans have taken to the streets, receiving in massive concentrations the opposition leader María Corina Machado, to whom they have expressed their desire to reunite with your loved ones.
“I have seven children outside, I want my children to come. I have a pacemaker, but I came here to tell you that I want you to win, you are going to win. Maduro, take your suitcases and leave“But leave us alone,” Venezuelan Freddy Hurtado told Machado through tears during his tour of the mining state of Bolívar, dominated by armed groups and government mafias.
It is a feeling that has expanded throughout the different tours that the opposition has made and that millions of Venezuelans inside and outside the South American nation join social networks.
“It turns out that my reason for being, what explains and defines me, borders on all sides with my house. This is the domicile of my enthusiasms and obsessions. I have a whole life in it. And a whole life is a long time. It’s all the time. A life furnished by my years, my achievements and my best failures. And it happens that despite all that, I have to explain why “I don’t want to leave my house.”ends the TikTok audio, in which Venezuelans express their hope to remain in their homeland.
Source: With information from social networks / Leonardo Padrón
