Venezuelans, between the American dream and the desire for freedom

Dassler and Cristina have been living in California for years, but the struggle for a freer Venezuela has never gone away. After the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, they talked about their stories of migration and the desire for a political change in their homeland.

June 16, 2022 12:13 PM PT

César Rojas Ángel was a summer 2022 video intern for the Los Angeles Times. He’s pursuing a degree in documentary filmmaking at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Rojas was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, and before coming to California, he worked with the French public network France 24 in Spanish. As a Latinx journalist, he’s reported about migration, indigenous communities, environment and the intersection between these issues.