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Stephen Starr in Indianapolis

Venezuelan immigrants enliven midwest food and culture – now DHS wants to send them home

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Demonstrators carry a banner reading ‘Hands Off Venezuela!’ during a protest opposing US military intervention. Photograph: Aopa Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

At a former Coca-Cola bottling plant in downtown Indianapolis, Venezuelans Juan Paredes Angulo and his mother, Andreina, five years ago delivered on a decades-long dream to open a food stall, sharing regional Venezuelan food with a part of America better used to Tex-Mex and Chinese takeout for international cuisine.

Hearing of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s capture by US forces in an overnight military raid earlier this month came as a complete shock.

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