If you're looking for more context on Venezuela, @Global Voices has a special coverage on the election and aftermath last year, with info on the opposition, the ways Maduro's regime used digital tools for oppression, and much more, directly from Venezuelan and other regional perspectives.
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Lovely and powerful essay from Melissa Vida about her work at @Global Voices and some incredible stories from the Latin America desk
Besides the global news coverage and translation you may be more familiar with, @Global Voices has an initiative called @npub1t99y...4ys3 which supports Indigenous and under-resourced languages, as in this workshop: