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For Minnesota’s growing Venezuelan community, disputed election is an inflection point

As protests heated up in Venezuela following the disputed presidential election, artist and activist Sheila Colmenares joined several hundred fellow expatriates at the Minnesota Capitol.

The tools of her protest: a book and a suitcase. The character she embodied was waiting for a train. In her play “Riel Adentro,” Colmenares tells the story of Latin Americans, especially Venezuelans, who emigrate.