Mercedes Deffit

English 101

Prof. Sonia Apgar Bergert

October 25, 2014

Narrative Essay

The Big Change of My Life

 In 1977 My husband and I got marry in Caracas, Venezuela, December 8^th to be exactly, and we came to visit Florida how honey moon, but when we were in Sarasota we founded a friend from Venezuela too that was passing a year as student in Sarasota Technical Institute and she enthusiastically us to stay studying, and we change our visa as tourist to Student Visa, therefore we spent almost four years studying in Sarasota, I study Child Care Management Teacher and my husband Diesel Mechanic, I got pregnant of my first baby and my husband had to move to Clearwater to finish his studies and I had for it my baby at Clearwater Hospital in 1981, and we went back to Venezuela after 2 years.

Since we arrived to Venezuela we couldn’t find a good job, the economical situation was very bad, that economical time was called Black Friday, at the same time I couldn’t find a good place to live my babies, because I had the second one three month after we arrived to Venezuela, and for it was difficult to me to work, I worked but not too much as preschool teacher and my husband start to work in Ford Company in a while the company start to lay off staff because did not have budget to pay and the lines of people looking for a job in  all companies were endless, at that time they overthrew the president at the time, Carlos Andres Peres and commanding the insurrection or coup was Hugo Rafael Chávez Frias, because they can not overthrow the government of President Peres was arrested, was later acquitted by the next president, Rafael Caldera and Chávez went to Cuba, in the next election after Caldera, Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías is postulated as a candidate for president offering a revolution and much more he never fulfilled, and the people believing that he will change the situation in the country and he will do a good government and people massively vote for him,

After a few years the Chávez government start to show their intentions to become a dictatorial government, he start to change everything, Constitution, Flag, National Emblem, names of cities, after a while all powers bought with money of all Venezuelans Powers, Electoral Power, Justice, Moral Power, the National Assembly, all it was under his command, there was no opinion nor chance for the opposition could do anything, do not respect constitution, one began to close all private channels, newspapers and radios, closed most of the industries, private factories, laid off all workers Petroleum Company and took all the power on the principal Industry in Venezuela, then he got sick with cancer and decide to went to be treated in Cuba, and he died there but before to died he went to Venezuela and said in a mitting that the person who going to take his place if something happen to him was Nicolas Maduro, and the he died, but now we knew that the Castro’s killed him because he did not want to fallow the Castro’s aspiration to get the Venezuela power, because the oil production, and then after Chavez died, we had a new election and of course Maduros won that’s election because the trap that made with the votes for the Electoral power or National Electoral Ministry of Venezuela is under the command of them; therefore since that time Venezuela entered in a moral, economic and political crisis, is ruined, nothing works, the oil company is ruined and are importing petroleum from other country, the hospitals and schools are a disaster, and the country is almost in war, began by the students because already is known that elections not achieved anything but the government has the power of the weapons that have purchased all the soldiers and armed forces, the most sad of this terrible situation is which is ruling in our country is the Cuban government of Castro brothers, Fidel and Raul Castro, because the traitor and even do not know if it really is Venezuelan, Nicolas Maduro handed the country, and have the Cuban flag in the headquarters of the Venezuelan navy and ports and the nation's airports.

One day my husband started writing against the government of Chavez and the people in favor to the government began speaking to threaten to kill him, and my son had decided to come to their home country, the USA, and he was in Florida, because he wanted to be part of the American Navy, and when he knew what happened decided to do paperwork to claim us and we introduce our papers in the North American Embassy in Caracas Venezuela, we had to wait until they give us the residence to come hear, but my son graduate in Laboratories on San Diego Navy Hospital and he wanted that we enjoy the day of graduation with him, his Chief Commander send to us the invitation with date of graduation and we went to the North American Embassy to ask for permission and tourist visa and they gave us only fifteen days to stayed, for our surprise when we pass by immigration in the Los Angeles Air port the officer sealed the passport permit for six month (6)! And my husband said in this moment that probably we did not come back more to Venezuela because he going to struggle to stay, being in San Diego, the Navy gave the order to my son change of station place, and was sent to the Bremerton Hospital, Bremerton Navy Hospital, and on arrival my husband went to talk to the governor at that time, Norman Dick, well with his assistant, and explained everything that was happening in my country, who had already threatened my husband and so who was supporting us was my son because my husband could not find work because the economic and political situation was worse, so that if we returned it was dangerous and we had to spend the money that we did not have, then they explained the situation to the Department of Immigration and we got permission to stay, work and wait for our residence or green card here in the state of Washington, USA, since that date we are in this country, we achieved our residence, we built our house with the Kitsap Housing Authority Program, we got our Citizen Cheap, so we are very grateful of our New Country United State of America.

We came with our second son and youngest son, all are doing good, studying, working and having a good life with honor, security, rights and constitutional duties, thanks God and United States of America.