Paola Ramos

And so not only does Jersey come back, but he starts coaching some of the very same kids that grew up in the same town that Jersey does.

And so not only does Jersey come back, but he starts coaching some of the very same kids that grew up in the same town that Jersey does.

The coach is saying that every time Dersi would come back from Colombia, he would visit the soccer club and he would train the kids and he would train some of the goalies.

The coach is saying that every time Dersi would come back from Colombia, he would visit the soccer club and he would train the kids and he would train some of the goalies.

He had no ego. He sort of never forgot where he came from.

He had no ego. He sort of never forgot where he came from.

I'll put it this way. The coach at one point tells me that when he looks at his team, he sees, in his words, una crisis de fútbol. That means that at one point, he sees that most of his soccer players are gone.

I'll put it this way. The coach at one point tells me that when he looks at his team, he sees, in his words, una crisis de fútbol. That means that at one point, he sees that most of his soccer players are gone.

that he doesn't have enough soccer players to literally play games. And the reason why is because many of them have had to flee Venezuela, to leave Venezuela, and the same reasons why Ndersi did, to get better opportunities and to find things elsewhere that they just couldn't find in Venezuela, to immigrate, to get out of the country.

that he doesn't have enough soccer players to literally play games. And the reason why is because many of them have had to flee Venezuela, to leave Venezuela, and the same reasons why Ndersi did, to get better opportunities and to find things elsewhere that they just couldn't find in Venezuela, to immigrate, to get out of the country.

A country that for many years at this point has been in the midst of a political and economic crisis.

A country that for many years at this point has been in the midst of a political and economic crisis.

Nicolás Maduro is someone that many people in Venezuela and around the world would call a dictator.

Nicolás Maduro is someone that many people in Venezuela and around the world would call a dictator.

Because he's someone that continues the legacy of Hugo Chávez. Chávez has raised Nicolas Maduro to the seat of power. But he's particularly known for his political repression.

Because he's someone that continues the legacy of Hugo Chávez. Chávez has raised Nicolas Maduro to the seat of power. But he's particularly known for his political repression.

The idea of having civil liberties and rights and freedom of press does not exist in Venezuela. On top of that, and I think this is when it becomes very real for people like Dersi and these soccer players.

The idea of having civil liberties and rights and freedom of press does not exist in Venezuela. On top of that, and I think this is when it becomes very real for people like Dersi and these soccer players.

For the last seven plus years, there's been over seven million people that have left Venezuela, that have migrated. And so I'll put it this way. Many of the images that you may remember from those thousands of asylum seekers.

For the last seven plus years, there's been over seven million people that have left Venezuela, that have migrated. And so I'll put it this way. Many of the images that you may remember from those thousands of asylum seekers.