<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Despite being 15,000 kilometres away from Caracas, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national" rel="" target="" title="Australia"><span>Australia</span></a><span>'s </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/venezuela" rel="" target="" title="Venezuelan"><span>Venezuelan</span></a><span> community has been rocked by the developments overseas with concerns for the safety of their friends and families.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Normary Chudnovsky fled the Maduro regime a decade ago. Her mother still lives in Caracas and her daughter has moved to safety in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/spain" rel="" target="" title="Spain"><span>Spain</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When you see the violence is there and it's happening, you don't know how to handle it. I didn't sleep the whole night, still last night I didn't sleep properly," she said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nick-mcbride-court-updates-home-detention-for-assault-accused-mp-as-election-looms/94f8ccab-6f6b-42ca-b049-5bf902c1ebde"><strong><span>Home detention for assault-accused MP</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're here, and we're safe, but we're still worried for our loved ones. We're still worried for the people over there."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In one of the biggest international displacement crises in the world, about 8 million Venezuelans have left the nation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's become normal to be kidnapped, and you don't know who it was. And there are no guarantees, anything can happen to you," Chudnovsky said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/australias-venezuelan-community-reacts-to-caracas-raids/2efb662c-ac0c-44d6-b2a8-4621bc68c8b1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're not looking for luxury. Just food, water, electricity."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While there is a range of emotions amongst the Venezuelan diaspora about what is taking place in their homeland after the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, hope for a democratic future keeps them united.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 1600 Venezuelans are living in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span>, including a small community in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/newcastle-news" rel="" target="" title="Newcastle"><span>Newcastle</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While the future of the nation and its 6000 expatriates in Australia remains uncertain, it's clear what they want is unequivocal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We want Venezuela free, free from ignorance, free from hunger, free from sickness," Chudnovsky said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>