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    Forced into exile, this young ex-mayor still serves Venezuelans

    Nov 07, 2018 5 minutes
    David Smolansky is heading up efforts to assist Venezuelan refugees across Latin America through his work at the Organization of American States in Washington. Mr. Smolansky was elected Venezuela's youngest mayor in 2013 but, like many opposition mayors, he ran afoul of the Maduro regime and fled.

    When David Smolansky decided it was time to escape the arrest warrant issued for him in his native Venezuela, the idea of living somewhere in exile was hardly a new one in his family.

    As it turned out, David would become the third generation of Smolanskys to leave their homeland to live in freedom somewhere else, fleeing a revolution that morphed into a repressive and authoritarian regime.

    Elected in 2013 at age 28 as Venezuela’s youngest-ever mayor, Mr. Smolansky got down to addressing crime and feeding hungry kids in schools – but he also eventually ran afoul of the increasingly dictatorial regime of President Nicolás Maduro. With a warrant issued in August 2017 for his arrest – and political-prisoner status looming – the popular mayor of the middle-class El Hatillo

    Goal is to returnAt OAS, serving VenezuelansDream of democracy

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