Bonnie's Nightmares

Audio by me, music track provided by Solstis on Soundcloud.

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Venezuela. Most people know it as a petroleum-rich country with corrupt leaders and food shortages or as the country of many Miss Universes. That's usually what I get when people ask me about it. My grandmother migrated from Colombia to Venezuela during the 60’s, as Venezuela was the top growing country in South America. People from all over South America and even other parts of the world relocated in Venezuela. But, in the 90’s things started to go downhill. I was born in '96 and ever since I can remember things were off. My mom was a lawyer in Caracas, where we lived when I was little, and she noticed the violence growing and the economy deteriorating. Seeking a better future for me, she moved us to the US when I was seven years old. I haven’t been to Venezuela since. I grew up in a predominantly Hispanic town in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. But, I was usually the only Venezuelan I knew. I was sitting in my middle school lobby one morning as I waited for the school bell to ring announcing the beginning of the school day when I noticed a girl next to me with a poster of Venezuela. Her name was Angela, she was two grades below me and she was also Venezuelan. Being two grades apart has made it hard to become close, yet we've kept up with each other through social media. I knew she went to Rutgers, like me, so I reached out to her to talk about our identities as Venezuelan-Americans. In this podcast we sit down to talk about our experiences having immigrated to the U.S at a young age and discussing our Venezuelan identity by sharing and bonding over stories of our childhood in Venezuela. 

Music used is "Golpe de arpa y estribillo" by Remigio Fuentes, Hernán Marín, Luis Márquez 
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w7_Arh56Jw

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