We do not say anything new when we stress that information is one of the most important fields of war against Venezuela. Both outward and inward. In this sense, behind the departure of the multitude of Venezuela are the economic reasons. The uncertain future, the daily difficulties and difficulties (motivated mainly by those who say they want to “save” the people…) have led many Venezuelans to make this difficult decision. But it cannot be avoided that these causes of departure from Venezuela are also mixed with the lies and alarmist calls of the media. In fact, there are migrants who are heading for a worse socio-economic situation, in most cases without knowing it. Few have returned to Venezuela from neighbouring countries (Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia…), turning paradise they were looking for into a more raw reality or suffering rejection and xenophobia.

Although in recent years there are no official data on emigrants from Venezuela, it is estimated that they have been between two and three million, which could represent almost 10% for a population of 28 million. Depending on who gives the estimates, these figures amount to 4 million. It's hard to know. Among migrants, there are whole families and many young people. In the case of the latter, different factors are confused: the anguish mentioned, the future returned, the passion for going outside and having other experiences that is common in the young, as well as the consumerist sleep. In fact, a large proportion of young people who come have “Nutella mind”: Leave Venezuela and visit a shopping center of their new destination to photograph themselves with a Nutella boat and share it on social networks. The admiration of the infunctional, the blindness to mercantilism, the idealization of consumerism in short. In addition to Venezuela, the same alienating phenomenon that occurs in most peoples of the world, represented in the case of Venezuela as a lack of freedom and misery.

In any case, in addition to the trauma it entails on a personal and family level, this great migration has been a great problem for the Venezuelan people. In fact, many of the young people who have left are particularly qualified or highly qualified, in most cases trained in public universities. With a high level of education, Venezuela ' s wages are not at all attractive to young people and, although the Government often increases salaries, increases in the prices of free-market products will soon yield wage improvements. This has greatly facilitated the departure of a multitude of young people from low adherence to the Bolivarian process, significantly affecting the number of professionals needed for the deteriorated economy. For example, 17 of the 60 doctors admitted to the Guasdualito Hospital in the State of Apure have travelled abroad (including 5 anaesthetists) and 47 nurses, almost all trained in the same hospital. Most of the displaced are young people who should take over in the future. If we add to this the deficiencies with the medical and medical teams, we can imagine the gigantic work carried out by the professionals who have remained, in this particular case, to serve more than 14,000 people between May and August 2019.

In discussions with the Venezuelans, concern about the exile of skilled workers is often evident. This attack on the economy and on popular backbone may not be so obvious but is very effective, as it hampers the normal functioning of many companies and prevents investment in training for these people. Cubans know something about this kind of erosion…

However, it is also necessary to highlight many young Chavists who face the difficulties and difficulties, as part of the more politicised and conscious sectors that have remained in their villages and in their jobs. Since accession closer or closer to the government, but in defense of the project marked by Chávez, many young people continue to work in front of the corners of the farin of the consumerism model along with millions of other citizens.

Although it is a painful phenomenon, when we talk about the migration of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, it is essential to contextualize it. On the one hand, it must be seen as a propelled consequence, that is, as a result of a hybrid war; except for Cuba, as a result of an external attack that no other country suffers in the whole of Abya Yala/Latin America. On the other hand, it cannot be totally detached from the phenomenon of economic migration of the Latin American states. Constant migration to the USA, as well as to other Latin American countries, has been a constant in recent decades. We are still close to the multitudinous caravan that left Honduras to reach the United States. In fact, for example, although media talk about the “exodus” of Venezuela, it is rarely mentioned that a quarter of Salvadorans are outside (mainly in the USA).

Moreover, it is inevitable to mention the particular situation of a people that shares a border with Venezuela: Colombia. In fact, if it is officially estimated that in Colombia there are between one and a half million Venezuelans, more than 2 million Venezuelans are born in Colombia or descendants of emigrants to Venezuela, according to data provided by Europa Press. This migration to Venezuela has developed over the previous decades and has had two main origins: economic and politico-military persecution. Many Colombians went to Venezuela in search of better economic conditions and many others fled the war in Colombia, especially the paramilitary massacres. Many of those who arrived in Venezuela were not registered in the Venezuelan capital, according to the same sources. To reverse this irregular situation and be officially recognized as citizens, Chavez launched the Identity Mission in 2003. Among the beneficiaries of this programme are more than one million Colombians who received Venezuelan citizenship (identity card). These data are not mentioned in the propaganda of large private media.

Nor are those forcibly displaced in Colombia mentioned. According to UNHCR, 7,816,500 IDPs have been registered in Colombia in 2018, making it the world’s top ranking. With regard to Venezuela, when the main media hear about migration, the violation of human rights and the humanitarian disaster, the most terrible and shameful thing is to hide the disaster in Colombia. And that is that they sell us as a democracy a state that can qualify as a terrorist, where 82,998 people are still missing (http://www.centrodememoriahistorica.gov.co/micrositios/balances-jep/desaparicion.html, where open or dirty war is the bread of every day, where the Attorney General’s own Office has recognized 2,248 “false positives” (that young people killed by the army come forward as guerrillas, to receive rises or rewards), and where they have a militant punitive agreement with 780. The Government of Colombia is quiet, knows that on this game board it will not receive measures or blockades from the “guardians of democracy and human rights”. At the same time, the State of Colombia has long become the main cause of the offensive against Venezuela.