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Venezuelan's Economic Crisis Creates Refugees

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Recently arrived Venezuelan immigrants lining up at Our Lady of Guadalupe church in Doral for food and assistance. (Franklin Gutierrez/St. Vincent de Paul)
Recently arrived Venezuelan immigrants lining up at Our Lady of Guadalupe church in Doral for food and assistance. (Franklin Gutierrez/St. Vincent de Paul)

Venezuela is facing economic collapse because of low oil prices and socialist mismanagement. As the crisis deepens, it’s not just affluent Venezuelans, but also the working class and the poor — those who were once loyal to the ruling leftist revolution — who are fleeing the country. We talk to some of these refugees in Miami's large Venezuelan community.

Tim Padgett (@TimPadgett2) from Here & Now contributor WLRN in Miami reports.

This segment aired on July 11, 2017.

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