Venezuela’s socialist dictator, Nicolas Maduro, whose authoritarian rule has unleashed the worst migration crisis in the country’s history. Announced On Monday, he created the “Venezuelan Vice-Ministry for Migration Issues.”
Maduro is Had made It was announced on national television every Monday night. Maduro Plusclaimed that the new Under Secretary for Migration would “work to take care of the thousands of Venezuelans awaiting deportation.”
“Many want to return home but they don’t have the funds. They went from working with dignity here to washing sinks abroad. They deserve attention and dignity,” Maduro said.
The socialist dictator explained that the “migrant watch” government offices were part of a broader “Great Mission of Return” program to ease the return of Venezuelans to life under the dictatorship by providing them with identity cards, passports and other documents issued by the socialist regime. difficult It would help them receive refugee status and implement other “support” and communication programs to “tell the truth about migration” and enable them to return to their home countries.
“The Venezuelan government is doing everything in its power to protect migrant men and women so they can return home. It is their human right,” Maduro said.
“I come to invite you all. Whether you see me in Mexico, New York, Texas, Arizona, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Panama or wherever, dear brothers and sisters, Venezuela has hit,” he said. continuation.
Maduro did not explain why his socialist government needed an entirely new ministry and government initiative to provide basic services like passports to its citizens.
The collapse of socialism in Venezuela under Maduro’s regime, which began more than a decade ago, and the continuing human rights violations, violation The actions of the ruling socialist party have created the worst migration crisis in the Western Hemisphere, rivalled around the world by the Syrian and Ukrainian migrant crises.
At least 7.7 million Venezuelans have fled the country so far. Quote From the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): The number of Venezuelan migrants fleeing socialism represents about 27.5 percent of the country’s population of 28 million.
The Maduro regime has refused to take responsibility for Venezuela’s migrant crisis and continues to downplay or completely deny its existence. Alleged Drug lord Diosdado Cabello openly Ridiculed Venezuelan migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Canyon jungle road between Colombia and Panama.
As part of an effort to downplay or deny the migration crisis caused by socialism, representatives of the Maduro regime Claimed He has told international organizations such as the United Nations that the large number of immigrants from Venezuela is a “fabric” used to smear socialism.
If the Maduro regime were to acknowledge that the migrant crisis is real, Claim It was “provoked” by the United States and other countries imposing sanctions on the ruling socialist elite in response to a long list of human rights violations committed by the regime. In reality, it was the migration crisis and Venezuela’s economy Under socialism Began Venezuelan migration increased dramatically long before the many sanctions imposed on the Maduro regime. Increased Between 2012 and 2015, the population fell by 2,889 percent as the regime’s socialist policies began to have severe, devastating consequences for Venezuela and its economy.
Venezuela’s migrant crisis approved The Tren de Aragua crime organization aims to expand its influence throughout the region and establish itself as a fully-fledged international crime syndicate with bases of operations in other Latin American countries.
In the United States, Tren de Aragua has a presence in several cities, including New York, Miami and Baton Rouge, and is a specialized criminal organization involved in activities such as cell phone theft. Crew Sex trafficking network An organization that smuggles victims into the United States and then applies for asylum from U.S. authorities.
As with past Venezuela migrant crises, the Maduro regime has denied the existence of the Tren de Aragua and repeatedly Claimed The gang is said to be taking part in an international smear campaign against Venezuela’s socialist government.
Speaking on his Monday night show, President Maduro claimed Venezuelan migrants were being forced to leave the country because of “torture due to sanctions” and a “blockade.”
At an official event in June, Maduro Claimed He argues that Venezuelan migrants should return to their home country after discovering “savage capitalism,” but forgets that it was his socialist system that caused migrants to flee Venezuela in the first place.
“Brothers, you saw barbaric capitalism in that world. Now, Venezuela shines here. Go back to your countries,” Maduro said.
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan author documenting life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter. here.
