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A true treasure – one of those stories of pirates with chests full of gold, silver and precious stones – has landed from who knows where on the shores of a fishing village on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, Guaca, brought to its knees by the crisis economy that for some time has gripped the country just as the image of the future was darkened further by the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic. It is a story that has been going on for months, at least since September when Yolman Lares is the first to find a gold medallion with the image of the Virgin. “I started to shake. I shouted with joy ”, he told al New York Times Lares, 25, “was the first time something special happened to me.” And this is the point: because the “arrival” of the jewels, as if out of nowhere, seems like a divine gift, or a sign of destiny, for the people that used to be a kind of happy island but where for too long no work has been done. , you no longer win, you manage.
The discovery of Lares was followed by many others, in the true treasure hunt that sparked the event, with dozens of people bent on digging, searching, stirring in the sand. Some have searched day and night, sleeping on the fishing boats on the beach, which have been idle for too long. So today there are dozens of guacaneros, about 2,000 souls in all, who can say they have received one of those “gifts of destiny.” For Ciro Quijada, who found a gold ring, there is the hand of God, of that he is sure. Most of these are gold rings, but also silver jewelry and even nuggets. According to some of the opinions collected, some of the precious items are of European origin and manufacture: Belgium, Great Britain. Probably marketed in the early 20th century. However, it does not matter, now it is a legend and a gift for a Christmas with a little more hope.
