Valentina Oropeza
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Keynotes on decision-making and resilience in extreme conditions, for academic, corporate and public audiences.
Journalism
+20 years of experience on the ground covering the most urgent crises in the Americas.
Investigation
+10 international awards for multimedia coverage that combines narrative journalism, investigation, data and solutions.
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“The Real Scale of the Damage”
In four and a half hours, a developer used AI to build a platform to find Venezuela’s earthquake missing. Four months later, almost 30,000 people still haven’t been reached.
“Thousands of Venezuelans”
Three courts are examining the repression in Venezuela. Today, in one of them, Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit torture.
A Moment of “Pause”
How much does Washington's word weigh on human rights in Venezuela? I asked Juanita Goebertus Estrada, Director of the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch, after the organization's first
“The Time Machine”
In the Venezuelan prison Rodeo I there is a place known as "the time machine". It is a "hermetic underground cistern", where detainees are forced to "remain naked and
“I Couldn’t Take Another Step”
The documentary The Lost Migrant Searchers in the Sonoran Desert won an Emmy two years ago in the category of Outstanding Report in Spanish.
“It’s Shaking Again”
Daniela Villarroel, a rescue worker who spent 18 days in La Guaira, recounts her experience while working in Venezuela.
“They Were Not Figures. They Were Neighbors”
When Susana Raffalli Arismendi visited La Guaira for the first time after the earthquakes, she was surprised to discover that the most vulnerable areas had been the least affected.
“We’re just grateful to be alive”
Here’s my contribution to the BBC News Mundo newsletter for this Friday, June 26—two days after the earthquakes in Venezuela...
