Venezuelans are the fastest growing expat community in Cuenca and Ecuador

[Bacchus4.0]

https://cuencahighlife.com/venezuelans-fastest-growing-expat-community-cuenca-ecuador/

Ecuador is a favorite destination for Venezuelans escaping the political turmoil, raging inflation and, food shortages of their home country. In fact, they are quickly forming one of the largest expat groups in the country.


Immigration authorities say that 476,132 Venezuelans entered Ecuador since 2012 with 38,087 of those remaining in the country. They report that Cuenca, Quito, and Guayaquil are the cities absorbing most of the newcomers.

“Many of us who are relocating are of the professional class of Venezuela,” says Daniel Vergara, a pharmaceutical chemist, who arrived in Quito in 2014 and today operates an online medical consultations project. “This is a migration similar to the one of doctors, lawyers and engineers from Cuba to the U.S. in the last century. Ecuador is getting many of Venezuela’s ‘best and brightest’ and will benefit from the new talent.”

Vergara adds: “Ecuador has been good to me and my family and I have no intention of going back to Venezuela.”

[GatoGordo]

1. The engineers working for PDVSA (Venezuela's nationalized oil company)

are leaving in droves. As are the last of the oil service workers from private industry. The oil infrastructure is crumbling, and Maduro doesn't have the cash (CASH ONLY) to pay for upkeep, let alone fix what is already broken. New exploration is a fantasy.

El Pueblo is stealing anything they can get their hands on, and electrical infrastructure is in shambles. (The minute a cell tower is left alone, its copper wiring is cut and sold for scrap). "New" bridges (built by the Chinese) have gaping holes in them that are spanned by wood planks. No water/sewage to new housing.

No REAL doctors in government run hospitals. (Even the Cuban "doctors" are fleeing) Trained nurses (Venezuela nurses are some of the best trained in the world) are hard to come by. No drugs to treat routine infections. No insulin. No aspirin. No birth control. No antivirals (HIV). No chemotherapy. No dialysis for patients with kidney failure. Needles being resharpened and reused. Private clinics (and patients) being robbed at gunpoint by Chavista "colectivos". No X-rays. No spare parts for anything that breaks down.

No new cars. No car parts. No tires, no wheels. Mechanics? No need, as nobody can afford to get their car fixed. The mechanics have fled.

Almost every skilled worker in Venezuela is seeking a way out, if they haven't already fled. Which will soon answer the question, "What will happen when the last skilled worker leaves Venezuela to the Chavistas? Perhaps it will be like Venezuela's Supreme Court? Just two JD's and 6 Masters degrees for the 32 magistrados.