Venezuelans living in Ireland are feeling cautiously optimistic in the wake of the seizing of the country’s president Nicolás Maduro by the US at the weekend. He met his partner Maria Isabel Meza-Silva (30), who grew up in Maracay, a city in northern Venezuela, in Ireland. It gives us a bit of hope.”Liliana Fernandez (35) felt she had no choice but to leave Venezuela for Ireland, in 2013. The Venezuelans in Ireland are concerned over Trump’s claim about how the country will be run by the US. “That’s something that Venezuelans around the world, we’re never going to lose – like the hope to come back to our country.”

Source: The Irish Times January 05, 2026 17:40 UTC