In Venezuela, they were teachers and doctors. To buy food, they became prostitutes
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article174808061.html
ARAUCA, Colombia - At a squat, concrete brothel on the muddy banks of the Arauca River, Gabriel Sánchez rattled off the previous jobs of the women who now sell their bodies at his establishment for $25 an hour.
"We've got lots of teachers, some doctors, many professional women and one petroleum engineer," he yelled over the din of vallenato music. "All of them showed up with their degrees in hand."
And all of them came from Venezuela.
As Venezuela's economy continues to collapse amid food shortages, hyperinflation and U.S. sanctions, waves of economic refugees have fled the country. Those with the means have gone to places like Miami, Santiago and Panama.
The less fortunate find themselves walking across the border into Colombia looking for a way, any way, to keep themselves and their families fed. A recent study suggested as many as 350,000 Venezuelans had entered Colombia in the last six years.
But with jobs scarce, many young - and not so young - women are turning to the world's oldest profession to make ends meet. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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