Ad exec feeds downtrodden Venezuelans from his bicycle seat

Andres Burgos hands a package of homemade arepas or corn flour patties to a child in Macuto, Venezuela. Photos: AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos

Andrés Burgos’ world was becoming increasingly solitary. The office of his advertising firm was practically empty, thanks to Venezuela’s crushing economic crisis, and many of his relatives had sought a brighter future abroad.

So Burgos marshaled his cooking skills to reach out to others - the hungry who normally survive by rummaging through piles of garbage for food on the streets of the capital, Caracas.