Gema María Duarte

Gema María Duarte

is a freelance reporter born in Nicaragua, raised in Los Angeles and based in the Philadelphia area. Throughout her 20 years of news gathering in California and Pennsylvania, she has reported on state and local governments, politics, education, Latino affairs, religion, and breaking news.

Commentary Gema María Duarte, a native of Nicaragua, currently lives in the Philadelphia suburbs., but votes with Nicaragua in mind. (Courtesy of Gema María Duarte)
Commentary I Vote with ‘My Native Nicaragua on My Shoulders’

Gema María Duarte sees many of the same authoritarian characteristics in Donald Trump that she sees in Daniel Ortega, Nicolas Maduro and the Castros.

Gema María Duarte Gema María Duarte September 30, 2020 1:07 pm EDT

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