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Venezuelans use social media to mobilize recovery efforts

Back in 2024, Venezuelans in and outside of the country mobilized a grassroots campaign on social media to prove the country’s socialist dictatorship had stolen the presidential election.

Now they are using those same tactics to help find missing loved ones and marshal resources after two recent earthquakes.

WLRN’s Tim Padgett reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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