Now as the US election approaches, similar bitter divisions exist between Americans who are in favor of President Donald Trump and against him, say some Venezuelan-Americans. “It’s surreal,” Mery Montenegro, 37, who left Caracas in 2015 and now works in advertising in Washington, DC, told CNN. “It’s like reliving everything you marched for, everything you lived through back home.”
Joaquin Perez and his son Alberto, both naturalized US citizens now, are split over the 2020 election: Joaquin will vote for Biden, while Alberto will vote for Trump. In Venezuela, they both opposed Chavez. But…
