Maduro’s newest foe: an in-home caregiver who fled Venezuela
By RAQUEL REDONDO and JOSHUA GOODMAN, Associated Press
Published: January 13, 2023, 2:02pm
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President of the opposition-controlled National Assembly of Venezuela Dinorah Figuera poses for a photo during and interview with the Associated Press in Valencia, southeast Spain, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. These days Figuera hustles to make ends meet working as an in-home caregiver for an elderly diabetic woman in the Mediterranean port city of Valencia. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)Photo Gallery
VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Like many of the 7 million Venezuelans who have abandoned their homeland in recent years, when Dinorah Figuera left behind her family and medical career in 2018 she was forced to accept meals from local charities and hop from one low-cost shared apartment to another upon arriving in Spain.
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