00:00If I was offered a new job opportunity in Venezuela, I will really consider to return.
00:10If I can have the guarantee that the political situation is not going to have any kind of influence.
00:19What was worth to me the most about returning to Venezuela is basically to be safe in our own country.
00:24For years, Ramiro Nassar and Johnny Alvarez built their careers in Venezuela's oil industry, the backbone of the economy.
00:34But everything changed as the political climate intensified under Hugo Chavez.
00:40Actually, after we were fired, we were trying to find another job in companies, you had to do oil companies
00:46in Venezuela.
00:47And what they learned that was coming from PBSA, they said, no, you cannot work here because you are ex
00:52-PBSA.
00:52Venezuela's oil industry cannot fully recover without professionals like them because they understand the reservoirs beneath Venezuela's soil.
01:03In the meantime, companies looking to rebuild Venezuela's oil industry face a difficult choice.
01:11Recruiting engineers from the U.S. and other countries would take more time and come at a much higher cost.
01:19And if Venezuelan professionals do not return in big numbers, companies may rely on workers throughout Latin America who speak
01:29the language and can adapt more quickly,
01:32but lack the institutional knowledge of Venezuela's oil fields.
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