Miami Herald: Venezuela is close to unleashing a Syria-like refugee crisis in Latin America
As Venezuela’s financially strangled dictatorship and the opposition prepare for a possible new round of talks Dec. 1 on whether they can agree on rules for credible 2018 presidential elections, there are reasons to fear that Venezuela’s collapse will escalate into a regional refugee crisis.
Unless Western democracies step up their diplomatic and financial sanctions against President Nicolás Maduro’s regime over the next few weeks, there will be a bigger mass exodus of Venezuelans. Many U.S. and Latin American officials fear a Syria-like situation, in which millions more Venezuelans will flee to other Latin American countries, much like Syrian refugees have flooded European countries.
Many Venezuelans will see no alternative but to emigrate:
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WNU Editor: I have friends who live in neighboring Guyana, and the influx of refugees for that country from Venezuela is now very real. They are telling me that it will only be a matter of time before the government imposes strict controls. The infrastructure of Guyana is built to accommodate its population of about 800,000 .... it cannot accommodate an influx of 500,000 (or more) that is now expected.
