Asylum-seekers from Maracaibo reflect on more blissful times back home before their country was in crisis.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/4/23846050/lake-michigan-venezuelan-migrants-asylum-seekers-environment

David Colina, right, fishing with a son and a nephew in Lake Maracaibo.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/world/americas/venezuela-oil-energy-environment.html

In Santa Bárbara del Zulia, on the hot plains south of western Lake Maracaibo, “the situation is the same,” Julio, a bricklayer who migrated to Colombia for four years and has returned to care for his elderly parents, told IPS.

Source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/10/open-migration-flows-closed-houses-venezuela/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-migration-flows-closed-houses-venezuela

Today, she says Katy feels a lot like her hometown in Maracaibo.

Source: https://abc13.com/venezuelan-population-hispanic-heritage-month-pew-research-center-united-states/13848581/