Josue Duran, 26 years old – political activist. He fled Venezuela on 2019 and came to Colombia to ‘look for a future’.
He said; "I want to live in a country where the freedom of speech is respect (...)
ed. To have the freedom to choose who are going to rule the country. Today if you say anything against the government, this can cause you with your life." Colombia, Bogota, 2025. © Emin Özmen / Magnum Photos
Gabriel Monzonillo, 16 years old. He was living in Kavimas in Venezuela and fled in 2015 with her mum Yohana (51) and two brothers, and took shelter in Bogota, Colombia.
Currently he works part ti (...)
me in car repairing workshop, where he also lives in a room in the shop with his mother and brother.
He said; “Its hard (here in Colombia), and really different from our own country. The people here are worst with us because they are xenophobic. Like some days ago I was with my brother and we went to a park and one old man and a lady started to scream us as ‘Venecooos“ (a disrespectful way of saying ‘Venezuelan’) © Emin Özmen / Magnum Photos