SANTIAGO/MEXICO CITY – Some Venezuelans scattered throughout Latin America say they are weighing whether to plot a future back home as the U.S. ouster of longtime leader Nicolas Maduro raises cautious hopes for democratic elections and a way out of economic collapse.
About a quarter of Venezuela’s population has fanned out across Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and the United States since 2014, fleeing an oil-dependent economy crippled by mismanagement.
“I want to ?return to my country, I want to help rebuild,” said Juan Carlos Viloria, a doctor who helps ?run ?a migrant advocacy group in Colombia, host to Latin America’s largest Venezuelan migrant population.
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