The Portuguese government has recommended that national citizens remain at home for security reasons, while the country is divided between protests against the North American intervention and support for military action.
The large Portuguese and Portuguese-descendant community in Venezuela awaits the next steps and listens to the recommendations, : for now it’s better not to leave the house.
The United States attack and capture of Nicholas Maduro leaves Venezuela amid protests against the North American intervention and support for a military action that decapitated the regime. It is in this scenario of internal division in the country that the Portuguese community awaits with expectation.
Scarleth Gómezfor example, lived in Venezuela all his life. His parents are from Madeira, like the vast majority of Portuguese emigrants in the country. It is through family and friends that information arrives.
O government recommended national and Portuguese-descendant citizens to stay at home and made security a priority issue. In Madeira, official information is reassuring.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalls that Portugal never recognized the Maduro regime and says he is now focused on the future, starting with Portuguese political prisoners.
In recent years, the Life in Venezuela has changed and only those who are no longer in the country speak openly about the Maduro regime.
There are around 220 thousand registered Portuguese citizens living in Venezuela and it is estimated that, in total, also considering the Portuguese descendants, the community Portuguese have between 500 thousand and 600 thousand people.
