Home is where your heart is, but it’s not always feasible. Some cities or even entire countries are just too difficult to stay in, even if that’s where a person was born and raised.
Pierangela Rodriguez grew up in Venezuela, a country that in recent years has suffered from a socialist movement, coined the Bolivarian Revolution, which began under former president Hugo Chavez and persists today. Rodriguez loves her native country, but growing up there came with mixed emotions.
“It was crazy,” Rodriguez told Combat Press. “It was really hard in Venezuela – just living is hard. There are so many political and economic problems there. It’s like a roller coaster. Sometimes, you can have a normal life, but sometimes it’s impossible, because things are changing a lot every day. Other people don’t realize how hard it is for Venezuelan people. When you can’t find food in the grocery store – when you can’t find necessary products, like soap and shampoo, things like this – these things are so simple to find in other countries, but they can be hard to find in Venezuela. You realize what the important things are in life.”