Tibisay Zea is a reporter with The World based in Boston.She has experience reporting stories about Latin America and immigration in the United States.Before joining The World, Tibisay covered a breadth of issues critically important to Greater Boston, such as wealth inequities, housing instability, climate change and social determinants of health.As a community fellow at the MIT Center for Constructive Communication, shedeveloped a guide for journalists to report on communities of color.Tibisay grew up in Venezuela and attended journalism school in Spain. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and is an active member of the NationalAssociation of Hispanic Journalists.She is also a classically trained pianist and singer and likes to play music from Latin America.
Tarahumara runners torn between tradition and comfort
The Ciudad Juárez Marathon, in northern Mexico, is known for having an Indigenous category, which attracts runners from the Tarahumara tribe. The group has a long tradition of running long distances while wearing sandals, and have even inspired a trend of barefoot running around the globe. But a new generation of Tarahumaras wants to run in different types of shoes.
Venezuelans head to the polls on Sunday with many hoping for a change in leadership
This Sunday, there’s a crucial presidential election in Venezuela that has brought high hopes for change. The country’s authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro is seeking reelection. During his 11-year rule, the country’s economy collapsed, repression escalated and millions of people left, contributing to a migrant surge across Latin America and the United States. According to most polls, Maduro is not a popular president, but it’s not clear if he will give up power if he loses.
Millions of Venezuelans living abroad will be unable to vote in upcoming presidential election
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is under major pressure. The country will hold elections on July 28, and he’s performing badly in the polls. Under his 11-year rule, Venezuela’s economy collapsed, oppression increased and about 20% of the country’s population left. A diaspora of millions of people could have been crucial for the electoral outcome. But as The World’s Tibisay Zea reports, most Venezuelans living abroad were not allowed to register to vote. Some experts suspect that this is a deliberate strategy by the Maduro government to cling to power.
Baseball rises in Argentina thanks to Venezuelan migration
In soccer-obsessed Argentina, there’s little place for other sports, and baseball is not the exception. The average Argentine knows very little about it, and there’s only one baseball field in the capital of Buenos Aires, a city with close to 16 million people. But in the past few years, baseball is attracting more players and more fans in the South American country.
A visit to an all-fungi restaurant in Mexico City
Mexico has a long history of mushroom cultivation and consumption since pre-Hispanic times. But for a long time, those traditions were dismissed and forgotten. Now, the country is rediscovering recipes and methods for cultivating, eating and preserving wild mushrooms.
