Venezuelan Immigrant in Florida Shares Emotional Reaction to Maduro's Downfall

Hearing the Conflict from Afar

• 📞 Susie, who immigrated from Venezuela nearly 40 years ago, learned about the events unfolding in her home country through a distressed call from her family.
• 💥 She recounts hearing bombs and airplanes during the call, with her family experiencing a loss of power.
• ⏳ It took until 5 AM for her to regain contact with other family members.

A Bittersweet Sensation

• 🥹 Susie describes her feelings as bittersweet: happy that Maduro is seemingly leaving power, but sad that her family isn't with her to share this moment.
• 💔 She expresses a deep longing to hold and embrace her family.
• 📺 While watching News Nation, she experienced intense emotions, crying due to the 26 years of hardship under Chavez and Maduro.

Personal Sacrifices and Injustices

• ✈️ Susie highlights the difficulty of not having a Venezuelan passport, preventing her from visiting her grandmother who passed away three months prior, due to the inability to enter Venezuela with an American passport.
• 🏦 She shares that her father, who worked for the oil company, had his properties and assets seized by the government.
• 😔 This experience was deeply saddening for her father, who had worked hard for what was taken.