The uncertainty that plagues life in crisis-ridden Venezuela is also wreaking havoc on relationships CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Victoria Estevez finally met someone who saw past her shyness. Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press Jul 18, 2024 12:15 AM Jul 18, 2024 12:35 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Residents walk through the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Victoria Estevez finally met someone who saw past her shyness.
They spent two months learning about their likes and dislikes, texting about their families and friends, and walking around their hometowns on Venezuela's Caribbean coast. On a trip to the capital in December, they held each other for the first time. I-like-yous followed, and by February, they were calling it a relationship.
And then came heartbreak. “Remember I had told you that I have a brother in the Dominican Republic? Well, I am going to leave the country, too,” Estevez, 20, recalled reading in an early March WhatsApp message from her new boyfriend. He was the second guy in a row to blindside her with imminent plans to emigrate .
Nothing, not even love, has been spared the uncertainty that plagues everyday life in crisis-ridden Venezuela, which has seen several million people leave in the last decade or so. As a presidential election looms later this month along with questions about Venezuela's fut.
