Verónica Zaragovia
Health Care ReporterVerónica Zaragovia was born in Cali, Colombia, and grew up in South Florida. She’s been a lifelong WLRN listener and is proud to cover health care, as well as Surfside and Miami Beach politics for the station.
Verónica has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master's degree in journalism. For many years, Veronica lived out of a suitcase (or two) in New York City, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, D.C., San Antonio and Austin, where she worked as the statehouse and health care reporter with NPR member station KUT.
In 2016, she received a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship and moved to Germany’s capital city of Berlin where she lived for several years, working as a freelance reporter and radio instructor to American college students at the Center for International Educational Exchange (CIEE). In between that time, she also spent six months in Colombia, reporting on the peace treaty between the Colombian government and the former FARC guerrilla group, with the support of a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
Verónica speaks English and Spanish fluently and can converse in French, German and Hebrew. She loves warm weather and friendly, diverse people, and that’s why Miami will always be home.
Contact Verónica at vzaragovia@wlrnnews.org
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DAMAC International responds to statements made in a July 25 special meeting in Surfside to discuss a memorial on the former Champlain Towers South property.
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Tensions have boiled over in Surfside after the town's mayor Shlomo Danzinger proposed a plan for a memorial that critics say benefits a new building's developer.
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Miami Beach commissioners approved the appointment of Wayne Jones as the city’s new police chief — meaning he will replace Chief Richard Clements to become the city's first Black police chief.
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Miami-Dade Police Department Director Freddy Ramirez remains hospitalized in Tampa after a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said he had offered to resign in a call to her after an incident that had led to local police being called.
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The Health Foundation of South Florida recently announced a grant of $290,000 for community workers called Peacemakers who work against gun violence.
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The town of Surfside held events to remember the victims, beginning Saturday at 1:22 a.m., the exact time the disaster began to unfold.
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After pandemic-era protections expired in March, more than a million Americans were dropped from Medicaid. More than 205,000 of the disenrolled are in Florida and still qualify — many are children.
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The pandemic forced states to not kick anyone off the Medicaid rolls. That ended in April. But many of those booted from the health insurance program now scramble to keep their eligibility.
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Now that soccer legend Lionel Messi’s said he's bringing his talents to Inter Miami CF, soccer fans in South Florida — and even those who don't follow 'fútbol' — are buzzing with the prospect of seeing the GOAT.
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Soccer legend Lionel Messi is coming to the United States to join Major League Soccer. He will be playing for Inter Miami, a franchise led by soccer icon David Beckham.
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Voters could be asked to support abortion rights through viability in the 2024 election in Florida, but the Floridians Protecting Freedom coalition has to meet tough requirements to get the item on the ballot.
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Staff of HCA hospitals in Florida have been protesting against what they called unacceptable working conditions.