HAVANA TIMES – I never thought I would leave Venezuela. But here I am. I have crossed the border into Brazil, and now I am waiting to process my papers through Operation Welcome, which Brazil offers to Venezuelan migrants. I am not Venezuelan, but here they also receive those fleeing from Haiti and Cuba.
Because this is the week leading up to the presidential elections in Venezuela, many, like me, have predicted that Nicolas Maduro will not recognize the people’s will. That is why the lines in Pacaraima have multiplied. The first step is to request entry permission. Compared to the rest, this is the easiest and quickest step.
Then the ordeal begins: trying to get into the “Blue House.”
At this place, they conduct the COVID test and collect the data for the health card, an essential document to receive public health benefits in Brazil.
On my first attempt to enter th
