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Venezuelan Migration To Colombia, Real Estate Investor 's Vision For Miami & Spring Awakening

Venezuelans cross into Colombia last month fleeing their country's economic collapse.
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AP VIA MIAMI HERALD
Venezuelans cross into Colombia last month fleeing their country's economic collapse.

Guests for Sundial on Monday April 30 2018:

As the political and economic situation in Venezuela worsens, thousands of Venezuelans have sought refuge in Colombia. WLRN reporter Tim Padgett is in the border town of Cucuta, Colombia, where he recorded an interview to speak about how the mass migration is affecting both countries.

Moishe Mana is a billionaire real estate investor that has brought property in Wynwood and Flagler Street. He talked to Sundial about his plansto make Miami into a tech and cultural hub that links South America and the Far East for business. 

The Boca Black Box Theater is gearing up for a production of Spring Awakening, a 1981 play that deals with themes still relevant for today's teenagers: sexuality, depression, and violence. It is being produced by the Barclay Performing Arts Company. The company's owner and play's director Christine Barclay joined the program along with performers Lee Torrelli and Giorgio Garcia. The show has two sold-out performances and a third show was recently added and nearly sold out. Find more information on the upcoming show's here. They stayed for a Facebook Live conversation after their interview. 

WLRN reporter Tim Padgett spoke with us in a previously recorded interview from Cucuta Colombia where he is covering the migration of Venezuelans into Colombia. Real estate investor Moishe Mana speaks about his plans to make Miami a technical and cultural hub. Boca Black Box Theater will be showing the play Spring Awakening and Barclay Performing Arts Company owner and also the play's director Christine Barclay joined the program along with performers Lee Torrelli and Giorgio Garcia.

Copyright 2018 WLRN 91.3 FM

Andrea Perdomo is a reporter for WGCU News. She started her career in public radio as an intern for the Miami-based NPR station, WLRN. Andrea graduated from Florida International University, where she was a contributing writer for the student-run newspaper, The Panther Press, and also a member of the university's Society of Professional Journalists chapter.