Venezuelan refugees, once promised welcome by Brazil’s government, look to the Catholic Church Deixe uma resposta Since 2018, over 265,000 Venezuelans have been admitted to Brazil as part of Operation Welcome, a relief effort administered by the Brazilian army. Fleeing economic and political crises in Venezuela, these refugees can count on assistance from the Brazilian government for a brief time, but the Covid-19 pandemic has intensified hardships that the most vulnerable among them—including many indigenous peoples—must face.