Radio Migrante began with a couple of weekly telephone conversations and then the video version emerged in partnership with Unión Radio, to tell stories of improvement and resilience of Venezuelan migration
Radio Migrante is a project that was born to make visible the stories of Venezuelans, who with or without a plan, decided to embark on a path that led them to unknown places where they have had to reinvent themselves to get ahead, with their flag in their hearts. This idea is by Andrés Cañizález in collaboration with Miguel Valladares, Argelis Torrealba and Juan Sánchez.
After learning the story of Adilem Díaz, a woman from Lara who works in aquatic shows in China, specifically in Hengdian, and telling how she has adapted to a new society, a complicated language, and telling about another Venezuelan who sells hallacas and ham bread in In that country, Radio Migrante began a path that led them to travel the world looking for stories of improvement and resilience of Venezuelan migration.
The migratory experiences of Venezuelans have been as diverse as its figures. The platform R4V speaks of 7.1 million Venezuelans for December 2022, while the Observatory of the Venezuelan Diaspora counts more than 7.5 million.
Migrant Radio He has told the story of Michael Hernández, an Anzoatiguense engineer who first emigrated to Trinidad and Tobago and then tried to reach the United States through the Darién Jungle, but without success; which led him to plan to travel to Iceland, where he works in search of a better future.
“It is a country that offers you regularization and stability, it is a first world quality of life,” he told the Radio Migrante program, where he also stated that he misses Christmas in Venezuela, “when we were coughing and we lacked nothing.”
Despite the restrictions that the United States imposed so that Venezuelans cannot enter this territory by land, history continues to repeat itself daily, since the Panamanian authorities have reported that more than 3,500 Venezuelans have made this dangerous journey so far. of this year.
On Radio Migrante they also narrated the story of Zobeida Guzmán, a woman from Caracas who emigrated to Ireland, being over 50 years old; but that she decided to return to her native country to apply what she learned in other streets.
“Living outside is a difficult experience. When you’re young and you don’t have projects, you’re presented with a wide range of things you can do, form a couple, have children, study a career, everything is at the beginning. When you are an adult and you have already accomplished those projects, it is difficult to be in another place,” said Zobeida Guzmán.
Radio Migrante has traveled, along with its interviewed migrants, different continents and countries. This program began with a couple of weekly telephone conversations and then the video version emerged in partnership with Unión Radio.
They hope to continue telling inspiring stories of Venezuelans who decided to change their history, each with a different formula.
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