As Venezuela's Economy Collapses, Talent Leaves The Country
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/venezuela-economic-crisis-musicians_us_586c24e7e4b0d9a5945cf5a4
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The instability in the country has escalated to the point where even the most popular musicians, who for many represented political dissidence, are leaving the country. A change that however symbolic, should not go unnoticed.
Los Mesoneros, who quickly became my favorite Venezuelan rock band, recently moved to Mexico, and other popular bands in the country have followed in their path.
La Vida Boheme, Okills, Mcklopedia and Viniloversus are just a few of the bands that were all forced to leave Venezuela as well. These musicians now shape my connection to my home, and they are part of the hemorrhage of talent there over the last two decades that included engineers, scientists and students.
I had already spent three years outside of Venezuela when songs that spoke to so much of what I and the country were going through started to hit my radar. It was one of the first things that helped me reconnect to the country that kept feeling more and more distant.
Music in Venezuela has long been considered a medium for vocal opposition within the country, and maintained a strong following, but I only started to really notice it after my family was forced to leave Venezuela. I became infatuated with the national music scene and started listening to then-up-and-comers like La Vida Boheme and Los Mesoneros, a sentiment I have heard from other expats as well.
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Venezuela is no longer a place where one lives, but survives (and barely)
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