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, she
developed 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.
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It’s the largest single wave of Cuban migrants since Fidel Castro’s revolution in the 1950s.
Biden seeks allies on migration crisis at US-Mexico border
Cuba to allow women boxers to compete after decades of restrictions
Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler wins big at Latin Grammy Awards
Global demand for lithium is changing Chile's Atacama Desert
Chile grapples with transnational criminal organizations targeting migrants and locals
More than 7 million Venezuelans have left their homeland since 2015 amid ongoing economic and political crises in their country. And with ineffective border security, criminal gangs are increasing their efforts to take advantage of the migrants.
Fast fashion is causing an environmental disaster in Chile's Atacama Desert
Some 59,000 tons of unwanted clothing arrive in Chile each year from places like Europe, Asia and the United States. But because it is illegal to dump them in landfills, they often end up in places like the Atacama Desert in the north of the country, where they harm the environment.
Chile tries to protect its 'flowering desert' from climate change, tourists
Parts of the Atacama Desert have turned into a blooming carpet of flowers — an incredible sight that only happens a couple of times every decade. To protect the phenomenon, Chile's president has announced the creation of a new national park.
Colombia and Venezuela reopen shared border after years of closure
Residents from Colombia and Venezuela turned out in large numbers last week to welcome the reopening of their shared border to vehicles. Two commercial trucks, covered with the respective flags of each country, crossed the border point, marking the end of seven years of closure.
A state-owned company from China is building a massive commercial port in Peru
Experts say the port will be a new milestone for shipping trade between China and Latin America. But many people in the town of Chancay, where the port will be located, are not happy about it and say their lives will be changed forever.
Chileans categorically reject a new, progressive constitution
Two days after a national referendum on a new draft constitution, Chilean President Gabriel Boric shook up his Cabinet in an attempt to reboot the government.
In the north of Mexico, water cuts to cope with shortages hit poor communities hardest
Extreme heat and drought have left water in short supply in Monterrey, Mexico, but not everyone is feeling the pinch. Some poor neighborhoods seem to be facing far more restrictions on water usage than wealthier ones.
These Indigenous female skateboarders are breaking stereotypes in Bolivia
A group of young female skateboarders in Bolivia are using their attire to break stereotypes across society. Spanish colonizers introduced polleras to the country centuries ago, and they became a symbol of the Quechua and Aymara ethnic groups of South America.
Could Colombia’s incoming president legalize cocaine?
If approved, it would be the first time that a country legalizes a drug as addictive and harmful as coca.
Cuban dissident artists behind hit protest song 'Patria y Vida' sentenced to prison
Rapper Maykel Castillo “El Osorbo” and visual artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara were sentenced to prison by a Cuban court last week for his involvement with an opposition movement on the island.