As Venezuela's government and economy remain in calamity, the country faces a third national crisis in the form of skyrocketing emigration. During the next several years, Venezuela will see accelerated inflation and worsening food and medicine shortages with no easy way out of its economic woes. Given these difficulties, Venezuelans will likely begin leaving the country at an increasing rate. Dissatisfied Venezuelans have been leaving the country for years. By one estimate, 2 million citizens have departed since 1999, the year Hugo Chavez took office as president. Many of these migrants headed to the United States, Spain and Colombia. And in recent years, the pace of departures has risen sharply, with nearly 450,000 Venezuelans entering Colombia in just the first four months of 2017 — many of them likely staying permanently or moving on to another country.