Socialism bankrupted her family in Venezuela. Now, she’s warning American students.

In 2019, 14-year-old Amira Hawat boarded a plane with her family from Venezuela to the United States believing her mother’s promise: she was headed to Disney World. What she didn’t know was that she would never return home. Today, seven years later, the Lipscomb University student speaks publicly about her experiences growing up in Venezuela. Her family fled the country after socialist policies led them to close their two small businesses, and she’s warning American students the same type of thing could happen here. “Socialism is a fairytale: perfect in theory, but horrible in practice and reality,” she told The...