NBC News has an interesting story today about the impact that Venezuelan expats are having in other countries in the region. The story opens in Argentina where conservative economist Javier Milei recently won his campaign for president. Among the many people who supported his campaign were some Venezuelans who couldn’t even vote.
It’s an increasingly common story in Argentina and throughout the Americas. Scarred by economic collapse, widespread corruption and a crackdown on civil liberties associated with socialist leadership back home, many of the millions of recently relocated Venezuelans have lent their support to right-wing movements across the continent. The diaspora’s activism has taken place against a backdrop of warnings from right-wing forces that Venezuela-style socialism risks spreading.
“Venezuela represents something like the specter of communism … The right…
