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Andrea Paola Hernández
Andrea Paola Hernández is a Venezuelan reporter who is based in Mexico City. She is focused on gender, tech, social issues, and all things human. She has published her stories in The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, and The New Humanitarian among others.
Innovation
15 July 2026
AI powers citizen-led disaster relief from afar for Venezuela
After the earthquakes, developers and citizens used AI to build websites and apps to help locate missing persons and coordinate relief efforts amid a slow government response.
Access & Connectivity
11 May 2023
In Venezuela, crime victims turn to influencers to find justice
To get the authorities’ attention, victims get help from influencers specialized in niches like corruption and pet justice.
Access & Connectivity
9 November 2022
Local ride-hailing startups thrive in the towns that Uber forgot
Uber and DiDi spent billions in Latin America. Now, homegrown contenders are flourishing in the places they ignored.
Creators & Communities
6 September 2022
Gamers venezolanos ven en los videojuegos una vía de escape
Los nuevos jugadores de esports fueron reclutados por inversores desde algunas de las zonas más precarias de Venezuela.
Access & Connectivity
31 August 2022
Venezuela’s gamers see esports as a way to escape the country’s crisis
Investors are recruiting new gamers from some of the poorer parts of the country.
Innovation
30 June 2022
A U.S. company created a crypto community in Venezuela. Now it has thousands of volunteers
These “Reserve rangers” are fighting for financial autonomy in their embattled country. But their community isn’t as decentralized as they think.
Money
16 June 2022
El desplome de las cripto no se siente igual en Latinoamérica
El Bitcoin, para muchos en México, Argentina y Venezuela, aún se siente como una mejor opción en contextos de estancamiento económico y alta inflación.
Crypto’s Big Collapse
16 June 2022
Why the crypto crash hits different in Latin America
Caught between rocketing inflation and a cratering crypto market, many stick with Bitcoin.
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