According to the Spanish newspaper, El Mundo, the Punta Cana beach area, together with Miami and Madrid, attract the most of the Venezuelan elite (boliburgueses) that are backers of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. El Mundo explains that the areas are operation centers for the network of business and financial channels created by the Venezuelans to elude international sanctions.
In contrast, El Mundo says the country is also hosting thousands of Venezuelans who have migrated to the Dominican Republic after the Venezuelan economy collapsed, together with the Venezuelan high-level government officials and business people. El Mundo estimates that the so-called “desesperados” that numbered 3,400 in 2012 have increased to around 40,000.
The paper states that the numbers include businessmen who help the Maduro government to avoid international sanctions and to become more prosperous, in addition to Venezuelans who fled from the hunger in their own country and are surviving as illegal immigrants, many on the streets.
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El Mundo
18 June 2019