March • 2017
Kara was a great point of contact of the ground. She newsgathered for us on a fast-moving story and got us all that we needed. Thanks again, Kara!
Kara A.
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Kara Andrade is a researcher, journalist and entrepreneur who focuses on Latin America, media, technology and society. She has more than ten years of experience working in the United States and Latin America as a bilingual journalist, entrepreneur and multimedia producer for a variety of leading media organizations including Al Jazeera America, Americas Quarterly, Associated Press, Christian Science Monitor, France 24, Global Post, National Public Radio, The New York Times and others. She consults as a trainer for the U.S. State Department’s eDiplomacy Initiative as well as, for the U.S. Institute of Peace. She has presented in fifteen countries at conferences including the Ashoka Future Forum, Campus Party Mexico, Commonwealth Club of California, Fulbright Annual Conferences, Guatemala Scholars Network, more than ten U.S. State Department organized TechCamps, four consecutive South by Southwest (SXSW) panels, various PeaceTech Exchanges
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Produced for Huffington Post
The Life And Death Of A Political Activist In Mexico
“All social activists meet a similar end, so there’s no way to avoid it. Go to jail for life, or be killed. Two fates.”
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Produced for Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Mexico: Can Technology Turn the Tide Against Corruption?
Mexico’s notoriously non-transparent political scene has been plagued for decades by electoral fraud, dirty money, backroom deals and actual ballot-stealing. In recent years, a wide array of insurgent political forces and transparency activists have brought new information technology to bear on efforts to make elections freer, fairer and more transparent.
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La vida y muerte de un activista en Guerrero, México
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Blanco fue un líder comunitario y activista político en el Estado de Guerrero. Sus armas: Internet y su teléfono móvil. Muchos sabían que su desaparición era cuestión de tiempo. Cuando finalmente ocurrió, el 8 de agosto, pocos se sorprendieron.
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Produced for AFP
'Tweet-tweet' latest fad in Internet sharing
Internet and mobile phone message boards are atwitter with Twitter, the raging online trend to share one's every move with friends Haiku-style every moment of the day. Twitter users get a maximum of 140 characters a shot to answer the question "What are you doing?" A relentless flood of "tweets" as seemingly mundane as "I'm boiling water" or "Walking the dog" relentlessly flood members' emails.
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Inside Mexico's Very Own Wikileaks
A new congress took office in Mexico this month after what proved to be among the country's most violent elections, with 21 people murdered, including campaign officials and bystanders. Hopes of stemming the corruption at the highest levels of government were once again dashed last month when current president Enrique Peña Nieto and first lady Angelica Rivera were absolved of guilt.
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The Man With the Iron Fist
Amid drug violence, Guatemalans want security. Otto Perez Molina, a retired army general, says he can deliver. But will he sacrifice human rights to do it?
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