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Apr 14, 2014

Transformations: Medellin, Colombia, Latin America

By Rachel DeLevie-Orey

Last week the World Urban Forum was hosted in Medellín, Colombia. Twenty years ago this city was under the thumb of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar and deemed the murder capital of the world. In 2013 it was named most innovative city in the world by the Wall Street Journal, beating out Tel Aviv and […]

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Apr 13, 2014

Latin America: Social Impact Investment Grows

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

In Latin America, there is clear need to promote entrepreneurship that seeks both economic return as well as social impact.

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Apr 3, 2014

Hashtagging Violence Towards Women in Brazil

By Natalie Alhonte

The internet has given new meaning to the notion that Latin Americans love to connect. The region has the fastest growing internet population in the world and 97% of its users are on social media platforms. By comparison, in the U.S. only 67% of internet users are on social media platforms.  South America’s largest country […]

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Mar 27, 2014

If You Build It: Latin America’s Infrastructure Deficit

By Thomas Corrigan

There is no doubt that next week’s World Economic Forum in Panama (April 1-3) takes place at a pivotal moment in the region’s economic integration, but its location carries a symbolism that should resonate across Latin America. The year 2014 marks the centennial celebration of the opening of the Panama Canal, a vital infrastructural advancement […]

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Mar 24, 2014

Schechter on the significance of Adolfo Suárez’s political legacy

Watch Latin Center’s Director Peter Schechter discuss the life and legagy of Adolfo Suárez, the first democratically elected prime minister of Spain. 

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Mar 14, 2014

The Second Machine Age and Economic Development

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

Upon finishing The Second Machine Age, written by MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, it feels like innovation is swiftly overtaking the world — ready or not. As Wired’s Kevin Kelly puts it, “technology is overturning the world’s economies, and [this] is the best explanation of this revolution yet written.”

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Mar 6, 2014

Mexico: A Year of Transformation

By Ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora

Anyone following recent events in Mexico knows that 2013 was a year of unprecedented reforms in my country. As part of a broad agreement between the three main political parties called the Pacto Por México, President Peña Nieto and the Mexican Congress were able to pass legislation that included reforms to energy, education, telecoms, transparency, […]

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Mar 4, 2014

Brazil Welcomes Education Innovation

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

Education systems across Latin America are taking steps towards allowing more innovation – some more, some less. But in the case of Brazil, the arrival of innovative new actors is looking more like an invasion.

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Feb 20, 2014

Andrés Bello and Protests: What this Means for Venezuela’s Future

By Victor Salcedo

Andrés Bello, eighteenth century Venezuelan philosopher and Simón Bolívar’s teacher, said that “only the unity of the people and the solidarity of its leaders guarantee the greatness of nations.” This is a quote that should be remembered in today’s Venezuela, where the country is divided and on the slow, painful path of irreversible implosion without […]

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Feb 10, 2014

Next Steps: How President Obama Should Advance US-Cuba Relations

By Ted Piccone

In 2009, President Obama began relaxing tough sanctions on Cuba, expanding the free flow of people and remittances and planting the seeds of a new paradigm for U.S.-Cuba relations – one that looks beyond the outdated Cold War-era approach that has been employed for so long.

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