Tragedies at sea: Venezuelan migrants continue to flock to Trinidad and Tobago despite border closure
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Source: Trinidad Express
Upon completing my PhD at the University of Miami, I returned to Trinidad and Tobago in 2018. The first change that I noticed moving back home was the large number of Venezuelans almost everywhere I went in supermarkets, malls, taxis, and bars, even in the countryside where I lived. Eager to practice my Spanish, I often struck up conversations with Venezuelan migrants who were willing to speak to me, as almost none of them knew any English. From time to time, I hired Venezuelans to do odd jobs around the house. One day I offered Carlos, a migrant whom I had recently met, a hot lunch prepared by my mother after he was finished working. He told me that it had been a long time since he had a complete meal. I asked him how he came to Trinidad, and like many other migrants that I have met over the last three years he descri
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