Your Neighborhood Venezuelan

I am not 100% sure if this is an example of what you're talking about, but the Spotify AI voice cannot pronounce a single Spanish word or name. It's astounding that they haven't figured out something that seems so simple after all these years...

dark times ahead. but we are going to win

The march in Chicago has continued on past Trump Tower and is turning back south into downtown.

The snow is coming down hard now.

As it does, the column chants, "say it once and say it twice, we do not fuck with ICE"

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Screenshot of blog post titled 'A Message to Our Community: Library Privacy, Procedures, and Law Enforcement' dated January 29, 2026. The post outlines YDL's commitment to welcoming all community members, explains that the library does not ask for immigration status when registering for library cards, states that library records are confidential under Michigan law and cannot be shared with law enforcement without a court order, and clarifies that YDL does not collaborate with ICE agents unless legally obligated. The post includes links to review YDL policies and mission statement, and references the library board's support of Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners Resolution 26-015 opposing county cooperation with immigration enforcement.

We welcome everyone at the library, and we aim to provide spaces where everyone feels safe, respected, and supported. Following recent immigration enforcement activity in Ypsilanti, we want to make sure our community understands our library policies:

Nothing. Your son is clearly purrfect.

Thank you. I didn't know how deeply my soul needed to know this.

ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

YouTube video by Night Flight Now we see the violence inherent in the system!

Now we see the violence inherent in the system! youtu.be/G8aqJc5j3Bo?...

Hazel Bryan shouts at a black girl integrating Little Rock in 1957 https://www.history.com/articles/the-story-behind-the-famous-little-rock-nine-scream-image

U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino shouts at protesters on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Who’s booking the Venezuela Comedy Festival?

Venezuel...

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🇻🇪 🇸🇻 Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador mega-prison demand justice

Venezuelans recount their experiences of abuse in detention and call for justice for the 252 immigrants detained in the United States and sent to El Salvador's mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).

Not just that: they started phasing out those contracts around 1963. Companies were very well warned and prepared as they phased out their presence in the country.

Yeah, take THAT, Gerald Ford (president when nationalization happened)!

One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.

That plays into what ICE want us to think: "they have it coming because [insert reason]"

Regardless of your ideology or even criminal background, you shouldn't be taken from your family, detained in this way, & threatened to be expelled to a country you don't know in your in 80s.

Correct.

Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S. Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.

79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.

He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...

Another person with so much to offer, pushed out of this country for no good reason.

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.

We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.

www.propublica.org/article/chic...

YouTube video by Jacobo Asse Cameraman records his own death - La Batalla de Chile (1975) - Patricio Guzmán

Makes me think of this: youtu.be/9r06w8mtaBY?...

Ended up on Venezuelan Twitter and couldn’t be happier about it

This vision of America--one made up of people not too far removed from autocracy to be taking this moment lightly--really struck a chord with me. Made me feel less alone.

And some of us thought Trump was too much like Chávez as early as 2015! Most of the Venezuelans in the US I know would fall under this category--we're not a fun group to report on, but we're her!

Same!!

I also have had to explain to some of the Venezuelans in my life that Trump and not Bernie (or the Democrats in general) is the one who most resembles Chavez. What a fucking mess!🤦‍♀️

yo, you a disaffected gringozuelan too? (Meaning, betrayed by the global left's ability to understand what happened in Venezuela). I'm always up for connecting with like-minded panas.

My friend, it's true that US media does not cover Latin America well. The collapse of the Bolívar and of the Venezuelan economy preceded the sanctions and have little relation to the seizure of assets of wealthy government officials. What the US is doing to Venezuelans right now is unconscionable.

I am HAPPY to donate. However, is there a way to verify that this is really going to them? The Venezuelan internet is filled with scams, and I want to be extra careful.