Venezuelan immigrants find camaraderie at El Arepazo, a small restaurant in Doral, Fla. /Alex Quesada for The New York Times

By KIRK SEMPLE
Published: January 23, 2008
WESTON, Fla. — In December 2002, Ariel Dunaevschi, then the owner of a furniture business in Caracas, Venezuela, was on vacation in New York with his family when opponents of President Hugo Chávez called a crippling labor strike hoping to bring the government to its knees.

Venezuelans gather at El Arepazo in Doral, Fla. “It’s a way to forget about everything,â€