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https://static.timesnewsgroup.com.au/prod/uploads/sites/9/2019/05/RAUL-FAMILY-1-e1558834904950.jpg16621210WHEN Rual Manriquez arrived in Australia from Venezuela in 2013 there were just over three thousand Venezuelan expats in this country. Like many immigrants before him Mr Manriquez decided to leave his home country in search of a better life. “I was 32, working as a qualified accountant in Venezuela and I realised it was [...]Read More...