Thank you for sharing this. If it were up to me I'd open the boarder and let you all come to the US. Probably you just want your own country to work right though.
If that were to happen, the US border being open/closed wouldn't matter for too-long as Venezuela would close its own borders. To restrict the egress of productive citizens.
And anyway, it's not really a solution. Not everyone will ever be able to leave; if a country is going down, it will need to be fixed. And it can only really be fixed by the people of that country; the more of its people (those with skill, training, education and initiative) leave, the harder is it going to be for those who remain.
Unfortunately, people are already leaving at an alarming rate, mostly young people who see no future in the country.
The government already did a test, blocking our border with Colombia, with the excuse that products from Venezuela were being smuggled to Colombia. That does happen of course, but they also blocked the movement of people. And most international airlines are leaving the country because the government won't pay for them to repatriate their earnings in the country.
I'm trying to get my papers in order and see where I might be able to go. No one really wants to permanently leave their country, but unfortunately I don't see a future here. I don't want to be stuck here till I'm old hoping things will get better soon.
