{"id":18174,"date":"2022-12-02T17:16:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T23:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=18174"},"modified":"2025-10-08T08:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:57:53","slug":"la-lucha-de-un-padre-venezolano-por-sacar-adelante-a-su-familia-en-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/02\/a-venezuelan-fathers-fight-to-provide-for-his-family-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"La lucha de un padre venezolano por ganarse la vida para su familia: \"Estaba harto de no poder mantenerlos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69f3de19a05ef\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/06\/tras-los-autobuses-se-encuentran-los-migrantes-en-el-centro-de-la-crisis-fabricada-en-texas\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18290 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/AfterTheBuses.png\" alt=\"Tras el logotipo de la serie Buses\" width=\"1200\" height=\"443\" \/><\/a>En <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/06\/tras-los-autobuses-se-encuentran-los-migrantes-en-el-centro-de-la-crisis-fabricada-en-texas\/\">Despu\u00e9s de los autobuses, <\/a>Block Club Chicago y Borderless Magazine siguieron a 10 de los miles de migrantes venezolanos enviados a Chicago como parte de la maniobra pol\u00edtica del gobernador de Texas, Abbott, este a\u00f1o. Block Club Chicago es una redacci\u00f3n sin \u00e1nimo de lucro centrada en los barrios de Chicago; <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/pico.link\/blockclubchicago\/login?id=RegistrationWizard_blockclubchicago&amp;short_code=kvrky26d\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suscr\u00edbase a su bolet\u00edn diario<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Borderless Magazine es una redacci\u00f3n multiling\u00fce sin \u00e1nimo de lucro que informa sobre y con los inmigrantes de Chicago;<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/boletin\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> suscr\u00edbase a su bolet\u00edn semanal.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde un refugio del West Side de Chicago, Denis \"Omar\" Covis esperaba nervioso el nacimiento de su hija en Venezuela este oto\u00f1o. A casi cinco mil kil\u00f3metros de distancia, este joven de 26 a\u00f1os ve\u00eda en su tel\u00e9fono cosas como los baby showers y el primer d\u00eda de colegio de sus hijos. Dice que estar lejos de sus hijos y de su mujer embarazada no fue su elecci\u00f3n. Era una necesidad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covis lleg\u00f3 a Chicago en septiembre, trasladado en autob\u00fas contra su voluntad desde Texas tras abandonar Venezuela. Hizo el viaje principalmente a pie, atravesando el sol abrasador, grandes altitudes, condiciones g\u00e9lidas, r\u00edos poco profundos, selvas peligrosas y monta\u00f1as escarpadas. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3de19a1bc9\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3de19a26f8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3de19a2d7a\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como muchos otros, abandon\u00f3 su hogar en busca de una vida mejor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde 2014, m\u00e1s de 7 millones de venezolanos han huido de su pa\u00eds a pa\u00edses cercanos de Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe. Espoleados por la violencia y la escasez de medicinas y alimentos, un n\u00famero cada vez mayor de venezolanos ha llegado tambi\u00e9n a Estados Unidos en los \u00faltimos dos a\u00f1os.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covis dice que vino a Estados Unidos para mantener a su mujer embarazada, a sus tres hijos y a sus padres. En su pa\u00eds, Covis no pod\u00eda cubrir las necesidades b\u00e1sicas de su familia y espera que aqu\u00ed haya mejores oportunidades de trabajo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covis explic\u00f3 a Borderless Magazine por qu\u00e9 tuvo que abandonar Venezuela y qu\u00e9 espera conseguir ahora que est\u00e1 en Chicago. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"default\"><div style=\"margin-top: 12.5px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12.5px;\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"\" data-color=\"default\" class=\"divider-border\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nac\u00ed en el estado de Falc\u00f3n, en Venezuela. Es una zona costera llena de playas. Fui a la escuela, pero s\u00f3lo pude terminar la primaria. Tuve que empezar a trabajar muy joven para mantener a mi familia. Tengo 26 a\u00f1os y sigo trabajando para mantenerlos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durante mi infancia, recib\u00ed algunas ayudas del gobierno a trav\u00e9s de una beca de boxeo. Pero cuando el gobierno venezolano empez\u00f3 a derrumbarse, se retiraron todos los fondos que se destinaban al deporte.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuve a mi primog\u00e9nito con mi primera mujer cuando ten\u00eda 18 a\u00f1os. Me encantaba mi familia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3de19a5741\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/OmarCovis_web-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"un tatuaje en el brazo de Omar\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Denis \"Omar\" Covis en Olive Park Woodland en Chicago, Illinois, el 27 de septiembre de 2022. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Jesus J. Montero para Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3de19a654b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por desgracia, mi primera hija falleci\u00f3 cuando s\u00f3lo ten\u00eda tres a\u00f1os. Estaba enferma. Ten\u00eda una enfermedad y no pod\u00eda permitirme cubrir sus necesidades m\u00e9dicas. Tengo su nombre tatuado en el brazo. Es un recordatorio para no olvidar nunca. La relaci\u00f3n con mi primera esposa no dur\u00f3 tras la muerte de mi primog\u00e9nito. As\u00ed que regres\u00e9 a Venezuela.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En Venezuela trabajaba de cocinero los fines de semana para mantener a mis padres. All\u00ed conoc\u00ed a mi actual esposa. Llevamos siete a\u00f1os juntos y estamos a punto de tener nuestro tercer hijo. Vine aqu\u00ed para proporcionarles un futuro mejor, con la esperanza de encontrar trabajo haciendo cualquier cosa. Hace poco encontr\u00e9 trabajo en la construcci\u00f3n. Har\u00e9 lo que haga falta en este pa\u00eds para traer a mi familia y cuidar de ellos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al principio, me llev\u00e9 a mi mujer y a mis hijos a Ecuador. Ten\u00eda un amigo all\u00ed en Ecuador que me ofreci\u00f3 un trabajo. No estaba bien pagado y el trabajo prometido no dur\u00f3 mucho. Pudimos sobrevivir, pero vivir en Ecuador segu\u00eda siendo muy duro. Mis hijos me gritaban que quer\u00edan cosas que yo no pod\u00eda darles. O lloraban por no tener qu\u00e9 comer. Era dif\u00edcil encontrar trabajo, tener ingresos y pagar el alquiler.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estaba cansada de no poder mantenerlos. As\u00ed que cuando me enter\u00e9 de la <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/article\/crossing-darien-gap-migrants-risk-death-journey-us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brecha de Dari\u00e9n <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y c\u00f3mo los venezolanos estaban cruzando a los EE.UU., decid\u00ed ir tambi\u00e9n. Tard\u00e9 tres meses.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more\">Seguir leyendo<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-18141\" class=\"post-18141 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to tag-tomascarmen\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/02\/this-migrant-family-is-searching-for-home-again-after-leaving-venezuela-for-chicago\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/221017-23_AlvaradoFamily-5_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tomas se\u00f1ala algo en el cielo mientras sujeta a Grecia\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/02\/this-migrant-family-is-searching-for-home-again-after-leaving-venezuela-for-chicago\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Una familia busca de nuevo su hogar tras abandonar Venezuela y marcharse a Chicago<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/ambar-colon\/\" title=\"Ver todas las entradas de Ambar Col\u00f3n\">Ambar Col\u00f3n<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/02\/this-migrant-family-is-searching-for-home-again-after-leaving-venezuela-for-chicago\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">2 de diciembre de 2022<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom\u00e9 un autob\u00fas desde Ecuador hasta la frontera con Colombia, otro autob\u00fas hasta Medell\u00edn y un tercer autob\u00fas hasta Necocl\u00ed, un lugar que lleva a otra isla, Capurgana, Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conoc\u00ed a una madre en la selva de Per\u00fa que viajaba sola con su hija de diez a\u00f1os. Llevaba a la hija sobre los hombros y los brazos una y otra vez durante m\u00e1s de tres d\u00edas. La llev\u00e9 hasta Panam\u00e1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hay muchas monta\u00f1as y r\u00edos en Panam\u00e1. Vayas donde vayas, hay muchas monta\u00f1as y r\u00edos. Fueron d\u00edas dif\u00edciles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atravesando los r\u00edos de Per\u00fa, la ni\u00f1a de 10 a\u00f1os lloraba y lloraba en mis brazos. El r\u00edo estaba alto y la corriente iba r\u00e1pida. Incluso nos ca\u00edmos juntos con ella en brazos. Recuerdo que me golpe\u00e9 con fuerza contra el suelo del r\u00edo, pero me asegur\u00e9 de que no se hiciera da\u00f1o.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuando llegamos a Panam\u00e1, no ten\u00eda m\u00e1s dinero, as\u00ed que empec\u00e9 a caminar. Caminamos por la selva de Panam\u00e1 durante tres d\u00edas. Seguimos a nuestro coyote y a otros grupos en este viaje.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En mi grupo hab\u00eda 60 personas de Hait\u00ed, la Rep\u00fablica Dominicana y Cuba. S\u00f3lo 59 personas llegaron al centro de refugiados. Una persona muri\u00f3 en la selva. Muri\u00f3 mientras sub\u00edamos una monta\u00f1a. Vi que le entr\u00f3 el p\u00e1nico y le dio un ataque al coraz\u00f3n. Lo vi todo. Sab\u00eda que ten\u00eda que seguir adelante y salir de all\u00ed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No quer\u00eda morir. Tengo hijos. S\u00f3lo pod\u00eda pensar en mis hijos.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3de19aa0ee\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/OmarCovis_web-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Omar en ch\u00e1ndal negro y cuello alto sentado en un banco del parque\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Denis \"Omar\" Covis en Olive Park Woodland, en el centro de Chicago, Illinois, el 27 de septiembre de 2022. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Jesus J. Montero para Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3de19aad36\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sobrevivir a pie en la selva era lo m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Com\u00ed mucha comida enlatada. Pero hubo un d\u00eda en que camin\u00e9 tanto que ya no pod\u00eda moverme porque estaba agotada. La comida me pesaba, ten\u00eda que comer lo que pod\u00eda y dejar el resto.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al final pas\u00e9 hambre, me mor\u00ed de hambre durante dos d\u00edas. Beb\u00ed agua del r\u00edo y al final, cuando sal\u00ed de Panam\u00e1, me dol\u00eda el est\u00f3mago porque el agua estaba sucia. No volv\u00ed a ver a la madre ni a su hija a las que ayud\u00e9 a atravesar los r\u00edos y las monta\u00f1as despu\u00e9s de salir de Panam\u00e1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Para entonces ten\u00eda los pies tan hinchados que cuando me sentaba no pod\u00eda levantarme despu\u00e9s. Cuando hac\u00eda calor, no pod\u00eda andar. Cuando hac\u00eda fr\u00edo, me dol\u00edan hasta los huesos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al llegar a M\u00e9xico nos detuvo la polic\u00eda de inmigraci\u00f3n. Cuando nos soltaron, seguimos caminando durante dos noches y dos d\u00edas seguidos. Luego me volvieron a detener durante ocho d\u00edas. Quer\u00edan devolverme a Guatemala. Me quitaron todo lo que llevaba encima. Pens\u00e9 que mi viaje hab\u00eda terminado. Tuve que cruzar r\u00edos para atravesar M\u00e9xico. Nad\u00e9 mientras los funcionarios de inmigraci\u00f3n me persegu\u00edan. Doy gracias a Dios por haber podido llegar hasta aqu\u00ed con vida despu\u00e9s de cruzar <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lacgeo.com\/rio-bravo-mexico-rio-grande-us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">R\u00edo Bravo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finalmente, pude llegar a Texas, donde las autoridades de inmigraci\u00f3n me detuvieron una vez m\u00e1s durante dos d\u00edas. Luego me soltaron con un permiso temporal para poder quedarme all\u00ed. Ped\u00ed ir a Nueva York, pero me metieron en un autob\u00fas a Chicago, y aqu\u00ed me qued\u00e9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mi viaje a Estados Unidos me llev\u00f3 por nueve pa\u00edses diferentes. Doy gracias a Dios todos los d\u00edas por haberlo conseguido.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La fe es lo \u00faltimo que se pierde y s\u00e9 que Dios nos da muchas oportunidades. Mientras viva, perseverar\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"default\"><div style=\"margin-top: 12.5px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12.5px;\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"\" data-color=\"default\" class=\"divider-border\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde que Covis habl\u00f3 por primera vez con Borderless, su hija naci\u00f3 con complicaciones. Est\u00e1 trabajando para ayudar a pagar la cirug\u00eda de su esposa, que permanece en Venezuela.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Este reportaje se ha realizado con el apoyo del <a href=\"https:\/\/headlineclub.org\/about\/chcfoundation\/\">Fundaci\u00f3n Chicago Headline Club<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denis \"Omar\" Covis viaj\u00f3 m\u00e1s de 5.000 kil\u00f3metros para encontrar un trabajo que mantuviera a su mujer embarazada y a sus hijos.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":18168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[430],"coauthors":[392],"class_list":{"0":"post-18174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-as-told-to","8":"tag-omar"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Venezuelan Father\u2019s Fight to Provide for His Family &#8211; Borderless Magazine NFP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After being bused to Chicago, Venezuelan migrant Denis \u201cOmar\u201d Covis hopes he can find a job to support his wife and children.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/02\/la-lucha-de-un-padre-venezolano-por-sacar-adelante-a-su-familia-en-chicago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Venezuelan Father\u2019s Fight To Earn A Living For His Family: \u2018I Was Tired Of Not Being Able To Provide For Them\u2019 &#8211; As Told To &#8211; Borderless Magazine NFP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Venezuelan Father\u2019s Fight To Earn A Living For His Family: \u2018I Was Tired Of Not Being Able To Provide For Them\u2019 &#8211; As Told To &#8211; Borderless Magazine NFP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/02\/la-lucha-de-un-padre-venezolano-por-sacar-adelante-a-su-familia-en-chicago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Borderless Magazine NFP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BorderlessMagazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-02T23:16:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-08T13:57:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/OmarCovis_web-3-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ambar Col\u00f3n\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jesus J. 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