“It could help in the asylum application itself,” he said. In Chicago, Yolexi had a health consultation at a local clinic, where nurses gave her the address of a hospital across town that could take her when she went into labor. “Infant mortality goes up with the sanctions.” In terms of pregnancy related care, child mortality and child health,” said Pine. “Venezuela had some of the best indices in the hemisphere in terms of maternal health care. This has led to a devastating effect on social programs serving the entire population, but especially those living in poverty, women and children. Venezuela’s social programs have in the past been funded by oil revenues, which have been drastically cut by unilateral sanctions by the United States over nearly two decades, according to a report by United Nations Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan. Yolexi Cubillan, 19, left, next to her partner Fabián Méndez, 20, at a bus stop on West Garfield Boulevard as they take their newborn Derick Alexander Cubillan to a medical appointment on Sept. While the majority of them have landed in Latin American and Caribbean countries, more than 500,000 have made their way into the United States, primarily to cities such as New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. The sociopolitical and economic crises that has been roiling Venezuela has caused more than 7 million refugees and migrants to flee the country of 29 million, making their exodus the second-largest external displacement crisis in the world, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency. Women sometimes give birth in the seat of a car or even on the ground, and they don’t receive care afterward.

In her home country, she said, there aren’t resources or supplies to respond to pregnancies like there are in the United States. She couldn’t bear the possibility that something bad could, conceivably, happen to her baby. When she found out she was pregnant, she said she was apprehensive at first. Yolexi wanted to have her own child, but was nervous. “But in Venezuela, we don’t have good health care.” “All of my family is over there,” Yolexi said. Carla has a 3-year-old daughter named Aranza, and Yolexi said she liked watching Carla take care of her. Her cousin, Carla Fernandez, 20, is one of her best friends in the world, she said. She pulled up photos of her family on her phone - her 21-year-old sister Genesis and 14-year-old brother Eudervis. She grimaced, then put her chin out determinedly and grabbed two freshly made arepas from the stovetop. She said she had been in excruciating pain for days. She hugged Fabián often, flashing braces each time she smiled or laughed.Ī week before giving birth, Yolexi chopped onions and stirred a pot of rice on the stove, tossing her head back to flip her long, curly hair out of her face. She helped Esperanza cook chicken, potatoes and onions for almuerzo, lunch.

Without her mother and the familiarity of her hometown Maracaibo, Yolexi had to find comfort elsewhere. The uncertainty and fear underlying their new living situation did not make for a comfortable third trimester for 19-year-old Yolexi Cubillan. The streets are so much cleaner here than they are at home, she said. Yolexi waited at the office for over eight hours. Yolexi Cubillan, 19, sits on the floor while waiting in line with other migrants at an Illinois Department of Human Services office on Aug. Even what type of trash you’re allowed to throw in the street,” Esperanza said. “The buildings here are enormous, the skyline tremendous. They have discovered where their neighborhood corner store is, the tree behind the gas station that grows apples and the closest health clinic. On another occasion, all five family members took a trip downtown to see The Bean in Millennium Park and Lake Michigan. They made a mountain of arepas - or traditional Venezuelan crispy white corn cakes - and Fabián ate enough to make himself sick. In late August, Fabián celebrated his 20th birthday. It depressed me,” Esperanza recounted, looking at a photo of the brown-eyed dog on her phone. They searched for him in their new neighborhood, but to no avail. He had slept at Esperanza’s feet for 18 hours on a train to Chicago. The little dog had crossed through a U.S. While in the jungle on their journey, the family had rescued Milo after he fell in a river.

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