Fani-González fears ‘there is no way forward’ for her native Venezuela

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Councilwoman Natali Fani-González expressed her frustration and outrage over Sunday’s elections in Venezuela, her home country, until she was 16 years old.

“We have failed Venezuelan families again,” she said in a video posted on social media.

She hopes for “a peaceful transition that creates opportunities for families,” she said in her video. Her wish is for the country and its people to come together “and do what is best for the nation.”

Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro declared victory, but opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzáles disputed that, news reports said Monday morning.

“I just feel really frustrated, especially because I have family there,” she told MCM. “I’m upset because people are really devastated. It feels like there’s no way forward.”

Her brothers and other family members still live in Venezuela, “so it’s personal,” she said, describing herself as a Venezuelan American.

As part of her normal routine, Fani-González went for a walk Monday morning, when she heard both sides declare victory, she said.

Fani-González came to Langley Park in Prince George’s County with her mother when she was 16 years old. Neither she nor her mother spoke English.

She entered the 10th grade as an English as a Second Language student, where she continued through the 11th grade. By the 12th grade, she was no longer considered an ESOL. By then, she was “good with numbers” and took AP calculus and physics.

She also spent a lot of time at the nearby Long Branch Library in Montgomery County, said the alumnus of Goucher College in Baltimore.

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