Finding humor as a Venezuelan in exile

The World

Roughly 6 million Venezuelans have fled their country over the past 10 years, some of them comedians and satirists. A 2018 anti-hate law passed by the government of Nicolás Maduro clamped down on all sorts of speech and made it impossible for them to ply their trade. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports on whether there’s a distinct Venezuelan sense of humor, and the challenge of punching up at a dictator.

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