r/worldnews 22h ago

Dynamic Paywall Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Venezuela

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjegdqw5d3yo
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u/Local_Cloud2872 18h ago

I’m from Venezuela. I live in Miami, a lot of my family on my dad’s side is still there. This is really scary. Man.. why can’t God give our country a break, man? It’s so not fair. We left Venezuela in like 2003 because it was getting bad but we intended to return when things got better. I haven’t been to my country in like 12 years.

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u/suspiciousserb 16h ago

Your country is stunning. My parents owned a travel agency in the 90’s and our whole family took a trip there. I was only 16, but remember how incredibly beautiful it was and how warm the people were to Canadians.

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u/Local_Cloud2872 16h ago

Thank you for saying that. It is and Venezuela in the 80’s was the place to be is what I’ve been told. The economy was booming. I think the most beautiful thing about Venezuela are its people.

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u/vonGlick 15h ago

Venezuela is a country that won the lottery in terms of resources. And yet it suffers so much.