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You only need to look at the recent history of Venezuela to understand the reasons for the more than 4 million people who have left that nation in search of a source of income that allows them to send money to their homeland, plunged into a deep crisis. Social.
However, since this crisis worsened, there have been nuances regarding the labor efforts of those who arrived in host societies.
Some, with law degrees, professors, doctors, nurses and other professions, have had to work as garzones, nightmen, salesmen and in gas stations, to be able to earn a living.
However, there is another group of those who arrived later and have armed themselves with signs to beg in the main streets of Chilean cities, waiting for good citizens, including their compatriots, to give them a coin to survive.
In Concepción, it is recurrent to see an entire family between Aníbal Pinto and Barros Arana, waiting for the charity of passersby. In Santiago the situation has similar overtones, with comments that show concern about the current situation, without there being a census to determine how many people of that nationality are on the streets.
The number of people asking for money on the streets of Santiago, including Venezuelans, is unbelievable. I do not condemn them because I do not really know what their circumstances are but personally I think that is not the solution, ALWAYS but you can ALWAYS WORK.
– Julio Peraza (@JulioPerazaPT) September 3, 2020
This situation has not gone unnoticed by the same Venezuelans who have made their way after their arrival in Chile.
One of the notorious reactions from social networks came from one of the Instagram accounts that Venezuelans use to promote employment among their community.
Unpanaenconcepcion1 made a harsh criticism and took it further, using a photograph comparing two complex situations, since the image shows a Venezuelan asking for money and, a few meters away, a Haitian selling sweets, despite the social and linguistic barriers of the case .
“My friend, I ask you a question: why given away? Why don’t you earn it like the Haitian and like most of us who work in Concepción? There are needs but there are also jobs. Informal, formal. Anyway, but there is ”.
The message includes a direct call to Chileans to do not give cash to Venezuelans who ask in the streets.
“CHILEAN FRIEND: If you want to help these people, DO NOT GIVE THEM MONEY, take them a plate of food so that you realize that their” NEED “IS NOT FOOD, IT IS EASY MONEY …”, concludes the publication.
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Read that it is important…. . In the image we see 2 scenarios perhaps similar but actually very different…. The first scenario we see a Haitian friend, who has difficulty speaking Spanish, communication with other people is more complicated, but the need he has to bring bread to his house led him to SELL CHOCOLATES AND OTHER CHUCHERIAS to support to his family, THAT IS, WORKS TO EARN AN INCOME. And it shows that I work IF THERE IS. . The second scenario we see a friend “Venezuelan” with a sign saying that I need food, please “help him with something to eat for his children”, my friend I ask you a question, why given? Why don’t you earn it like the Haitian and like most of us who work in Concepción? There are needs but there are also jobs, informal, formal, whatever but there is. . CHILEAN FRIEND if you want to help these people, DO NOT GIVE THEM MONEY, bring them a plate of food so that you realize that their “NEED” IS NOT FOOD, IT IS EASY MONEY … • • • #unpanaenconcepcion # unpanaenconcepcion1
“They are ashamed”
Outside of Chile, another of the voices that has added to the criticism against his compatriots, comes from the model, actress and former Miss Venezuela (1999), Norkys Batista, who assured that, those who ask with a sign, “They are ashamed”.
“Do me a favor, throw away that poster and buy yourself another card and another marker and you are going to write the following on that poster: Hello, I am a tireless worker. Dreamy and hopeful Venezuelan. I had to come from Venezuela, I had to, but I know how to wash, iron, cook, wash cars, wash dishes, walk dogs, cut dogs’ hair, take care of children. I know how to cut mountains (grass), clean swimming pools, sweep floors, clear tables, I know how to do anything “, also expresses bluntly influence Venezuelan who has more than 6 million followers on her account.
Batista believes that migration should not be an excuse for any of his compatriots to ask in the streets.
“Offer your service on that little sign but don’t ask for money because it looks good”, ends in his audiovisual record.
“Don’t make the flag your uniform to ask for”
Venezuelans are known for cooking and selling arepas, completes, empanadas and other products. They do it by delívery or by installing their carts in the Chilean streets.
It is part of a way of life that has led them to generate income and sources of employment for their compatriots. To those who ask in the street, they reproach, however, even the use of their national symbols when requesting financial aid.
For the Chilean sociologist and Master in Public Policy, Wlady Galaz, the Chilean State has a part of responsibility for the migration policies implemented in migration matters.
“The so-called democratic responsibility visa that the Government of Chile granted to Venezuelan immigrants, in practice was a massive regularization, without the aforementioned responsibility, or inclusion in areas as important as housing and work, finding this group of migrants in one of the most neoliberal countries in the world, where the State is almost reduced to a minimum ”, says the professional.
The Venezuelan workforce is notorious. Not only in entrepreneurship, but also in resilience, given the personal difficulties that they have overcome since they left everything behind, to get ahead.
“The collective social imaginary that the Venezuelan community tries to project in Chile is that of a political migrant rather than an economic one, being one of the reasons why they reject the charitable actions of their community, but the need has no flag or militancy.”
– Wlady Galaz. Chilean sociologist and Master in Public Policy.
“Easy to earn, asking, 50 thousand pesos a day”
BioBioChile interviewed several Venezuelans who arrived in Chile years ago in reaction to the publications from their own community.
Those consulted have the same profile as the majority: they had to flee their homeland due to the severe crisis, they have not found work in their profession and are dedicated to obtaining income in other areas such as sales and services to be able to sustain themselves in this territory and send the long-awaited remittances to Venezuela.
Laura Espinoza worked in the aeronautical industry. Her life took a 180 degree turn when she arrived in Chile and she has been forced to work hours that are difficult for anyone active in the workplace. With dedication and experience, she has achieved a better job opportunity but she takes into account that her effort has been key. Hence, he does not agree with other Venezuelans asking in the streets and not looking for work.
“At first glance, it is seen that they have the physical conditions to function in any work area, as we say ‘killing tigrito’. This expression is well known by the Venezuelan community and arises from the eventuality of generating a non-stable and non-constant income ”.
Without losing in consideration how difficult it is to break through in a country that is not his own, Espinoza maintains that, despite the need, this situation (asking in the streets) should not become the definitive solution, since others will add to it.
Gerson Moreno arrived in Chile two years ago and has worked in various ways to earn a living, including in the street trade. From the street, where the panorama is broader and more revealing, he has observed the behavior of his compatriots, both those who work and those who ask for money.
“I was a traveling merchant and sold fast food in the street and they always went, most of those who order, to eat and They said that 50,000 Chilean pesos are easily earned on a bad day when on a normal day they pay it from 10 thousand to 15 thousand, that nobody here is paid daily ”.
He maintains that it is not envy because they must expend more effort than just asking to earn easy money. The worrying thing is, according to their point of view, that they use minors as a sensitive hook to achieve it.
“Obviously they prefer to lose their dignity and put children at risk in this climate and in this dangerous virus that exists today. Simple. As you can see, none of them suffer from any physical or mental disability “, says Moreno.
His compatriot, Laura Espinoza, also focused on the risk children run when they are exposed on the streets, while their parents are asking for money. She called them to “try to get out of that situation of asking in the street accompanied by minors, looking for new ways, other work alternatives that allow them to live better and not live off others, which is valid to limit these others,. (Chilean or non-Chilean) they do their best to work every day, they have been accepting us in society, so I think it is not good to live on them “.
The call is for the man of that family: leave it in shelter and go for a walk looking for work, go to the valley at dawn, go and find a way, even if it is to walk dogs, help people with bags at fairs. Friends, we all sweat here and make sacrifices, so if you are going to ask for that sign that says you are Venezuelan, remove it and put: “Hello, I am a person who has her family here and does not want to work because Let’s see how many people collaborate with you.
– Gerson Moreno, Venezuelan in Chile.
In Bucaramanga or Cartagena, Colombia, the panorama is similar to that of Chile.
Local media such as Caracol revealed, months ago, that in that last city the authorities rescued about 100 Venezuelan minors who were caught begging in the streets or being exploited at work.
Another of the most emblematic cases was the capture of a woman who stood at a traffic light and forced 3 children to ask drivers for money. Only one of them was her son. He did not reveal at the time of his capture who the parents of the other minors were.
“Strongly disagree that they are at a traffic light, asking for money. But the saddest thing is that, in some cases, they use children. They would look much better with a poster asking for work and thus, earn a living for themselves. Not inspiring pity and leaving the name of Venezuela on the floor, “another Venezuelan who preferred anonymity told BioBioChile.
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