Levantar los Ánimos
Por Rodrigo Botero Montoya - opinió[email protected]
TL;DR
- The year 2025 has been turbulent, but the author seeks a positive reflection.
- The author admits to a personality trait of excessive worry about potential negative events.
- The article uses Sherlock Holmes' "the dog that did not bark" analogy for an averted calamity.
- International immigration is a prominent political issue globally, often met with animosity (e.g., Brexit, Stephen Miller in the US, José Antonio Kast in Chile).
- Colombia received approximately three million Venezuelan immigrants between 2017 and 2023 due to economic collapse and political repression in Venezuela.
- The author feared the rise of xenophobia in response to this immigration but was relieved it did not occur.
- Public policies were implemented to facilitate immigrants' access to social services and the labor market.
- The reception of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia is described as an example of "elementary decency" by Albert Camus.