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Venezuelan Diaspora Foodways

Diaspora

⚠ ONE OF THE LARGEST DISPLACEMENTS IN THE WORLD. Somewhere around seven to eight million people have left Venezuela since 2014 — the great majority to COLOMBIA, then Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, the United States (Florida above all, and the Doral "Doralzuela"), Spain, Argentina, Panama and the Dominican Republic. The food went with them and is now visible everywhere: the arepa stand, the tequeño, the pabellón, the cachapa, the Christmas hallaca reconstructed abroad with whatever leaf can be found. ⚠ DIASPORA VENEZUELAN FOOD IS NOT IDENTICAL TO FOOD IN VENEZUELA: it uses what is available, is often better supplied than the home kitchen, and has become a small-business sector in a dozen countries.

Atlas — where and when

Communities and languages

  • Venezuelans abroad community documented

Languages: Spanish

What is recorded

  • Approximately seven to eight million people are recorded as having left Venezuela since 2014, among the largest displacements in the world, with Colombia the largest destination followed by Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, the United States and Spain. Venezuelan arepas, tequeños, cachapas and pabellón are documented as an established small-business food sector across those destinations. Diaspora preparations are recorded as distinct from preparations within Venezuela. documented
  • Around seven to eight million people leave Venezuela — among the largest displacements in the world — carrying the arepa, the tequeño and the hallaca across the hemisphere. documented

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