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Cuiabá (Brazil), Jun 26 (EFE) (cAMERA: Sebastião Moreira) .- Walking for more than twelve hours with children in arms, enduring hunger or facing the corruption of the border mafias. These are the stories told by the thousands of Venezuelans who arrive with the illusion of finding a life with "dignity" in a Brazil plagued by the pandemic and unemployment.FOOTAGE OF THE SITUATION IN THE STREETS OF CUIABÁ, BRAZIL
Caracas, Feb 19 (EFE).- Carmen Hurtado's hopes rise every time a potential customer approaches the makeshift stand in the Venezuelan capital where she sells puppets, as each sale brings her closer to her dream of having a home of her own, a seemingly impossible goal in an oil-rich nation where someone earning the minimum wage would have to work 4,000 to amass enough money to buy a house.(CAMERA: Jackdwin Sáez - Ron González)
Panama, Jan 22 (EFE) (CAMERA: Carlos Lemos) .- "We are already desperate," Jairo Gago, a 41-year-old Nicaraguan stranded in Panama because of the COVID-19 pandemic, told EFE.
La Paz (Bolivia), Sep 23 (EFE).- Helen's family travelled a distance of more than 2,500 kilometres to arrive in Bolivia from Venezuela. Now they have to deal not only with the altitude and cold weather of La Paz but also with xenophobia. FOOTAGE OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS LIVING IN LA PAZ. SOUNDBITES OF:-HELEN:"My mum, my brother and my children. We are here fighting every day. There are good people and also bad people who say awful things to us. They say 'go back to your country', 'what are you doing here?'. If we are here it is not because we want it or we are happy here but because we have the need forces us. Many people said awful things to us, but some very nice people, who support us, help us. If someone asks if I want to wash, I'll wash. If someone asks if I want to cook, I'll cook. If I have to sell sweets, I'll sell them. We live like this."-ANA LLANCO, MEMBER OF MUNASIM KULLAKITA FOUNDATION:"We aim to help these children and families to become asylum seekers after an initial assessment since each family has a different story. In that context, some people become asylum seekers. So we help them, since they are in a vulnerable situation, to go to the appropriate authorities to have that provisional document so they have a regular situation in Bolivia and access to rights.""In this space, there are 30 families living and out of those 30 we focus our work in women, children and teenagers. In our mobile classrooms, there are have 20 children and 7 teenagers."
Caracas, Jul 22 (EFE), (Camera: Andry Rincon) .- A year ago, the life of Venezuelan Kathiana Cardona completely changed. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and after exhausting resources and possibilities within her reach, she resorted to crowdfunding, where thousands of small financial contributions have covered the expensive treatment, thanks to which she is still alive.FOOTAGE OF KATHIANA CARDONA AND CHRISTIAN ARIAS (FOOTBALLER WHO INJURED HIS KNEE).SOUNDBITES OF CARDONA.Translation:"I never imagined I would find myself in this place. I was sad about it. But here I am, with my Gofund me, because I need my treatment.""My treatment is 40,000 dollars. Just the treatment."
Caracas, June 1, (EFE), .- After days of free gasoline, Venezuela woke up Monday with new prices set, which includes partial dollarization of its sale, due to the measures adopted this weekend by the Nicolás Maduro government.(CAMERA: Jackdwin Sáez)