Meet the Mexican Entrepreneur Bringing a Tech Revolution to Ciudad Juárez
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Ricardo Mora’s gospel of collaboration and innovation is helping rewrite Juárez’s story.
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9 Great Urban Ideas from Latin American Cities
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How can Latin American cities become more productive, sustainable and resilient? AQ highlights several promising ideas.
Presentando los Top 5 Visionarios Urbanos de AQ
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¿Cómo mejorar las ciudades? Un grupo variado e inspirador de latinoamericanos demuestra por qué la colaboración y buena planificación son tan importantes como el dinero (¡realmente!).
How Brazil Could Become a Regional Leader on Data Protection
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A bill passed yesterday by Brazil’s Lower House marks a major step forward in the push for privacy.
AQ Top 5 Latin American Academics: María Teresa Ruiz González
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This stargazer is blazing a trail for a new generation of Chilean scientists.
AQ Top 5 Latin American Academics: Agustín Lage
See the rest of the AQ Top 5 When the world’s first therapeutic lung cancer vaccine was announced in 2011, it may have appeared to come from one of the least likely places: Cuba, whose access to investment and goods has been restricted by more than a half-century of harsh U.S. sanctions. But to anyone … Read more
AQ Top 5 Latin American Academics: Artur Avila
See the rest of the AQ Top 5 “I can’t talk right now” Brazilian mathematician Artur Avila murmured into the phone. “I’m in Brasília to carry the Olympic torch.” When AQ contacted him the next day, he warned the conversation would have to be short because he was running late for the screening of a … Read more
Collaborate with Mexico in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
In the new issue of Americas Quarterly, we asked people, “What would you tell the next U.S. president about Latin America?” To see other authors’ responses, click here. Leer en español Dear Mister / Madam President, Trade and U.S.-Mexico relations have been singled out as targets in this year’s election campaign, but the rhetoric overlooks … Read more
Support “Silicon Valley Diplomacy” in Latin America
Leer en español In the new issue of Americas Quarterly, we asked people, “What would you tell the next U.S. president about Latin America?” To see other authors’ responses, click here. Dear Mister / Madam President, World leaders regularly travel to Washington, New York City, Houston — but no visit is more coveted or anticipated … Read more
Venezuela’s Zika Outbreak May Be 150 Times Worse Than Reported, Study Says
When it comes to the Zika virus’ impact on Venezuela, it’s the government’s word versus Google and Twitter. Based on data gathered in part from the search engine and social network, the watchdog health group Observatorio Venezolano de la Salud (OVS) estimates that nearly 700,000 people have been infected with Zika in Venezuela. That’s around 150 … Read more
Four Great Corruption-Killing Apps
CandiDatos CandiDatos.gt is a Guatemalan platform that profiles political candidates, helps register voters, and fights corruption by enforcing transparency. When citizens contact candidates through the website, the responses are tracked and ranked. A 10-question survey enables voters to identify the candidate who most coincides with their ideas, helping them to make informed choices. To date, … Read more
¡Crear o Morir! La esperanza de Latinoamérica y las cinco claves de la innovación
Drones that deliver pizzas, 3-D printers that produce shoes, and space tourism that seeks to start a colony on Mars. These are a few of the innovations under way or on the drawing board that Andrés Oppenheimer, award-winning Miami Herald columnist and author of seven books, uses to illustrate how the world is fundamentally changing— … Read more
Privacy Is a Human Right: Data Retention Violates That Right
In March 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the creation of a special rapporteur on privacy. The landmark resolution1, spearheaded by Brazil and Germany and cosponsored by 46 states, including 10 other Latin American countries, gives the right to privacy the international recognition and protection it deserves. For Latin America, this resolution couldn’t … Read more
Can digital sharing economy platforms pull Latin America’s informal sector into the mainstream? Yes
The struggle between old and new forms of economic development, and efforts to strike a balance between them, will be a defining feature of society and business in the future. The sharing economy is still a poorly understood concept.1 It has been defined as “an economic system in which assets or services are shared between … Read more
Can digital sharing economy platforms pull Latin America’s informal sector into the mainstream? No
A bloated informal sector has long been a nagging structural problem in Latin America and in the developing world more generally. However, over the past few decades, it has proliferated as a result of the withdrawal of the state from market and social regulation. In particular, it has grown as governments have undertaken structural adjustment … Read more
