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Author: Sophie Foggin

Having worked in newsrooms in both Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro, Sophie is a British journalist now based in Medellín and writing for Latin America Reports. She is interested in post-conflict Colombia, historical memory and transitional justice in Latin America. Her work has also been published by Al Jazeera English, World Politics Review, El Tiempo and O Globo.
Neglected by govt, Brazilian favela organizations take COVID-19 data collection into their own hands Brazil

Neglected by govt, Brazilian favela organizations take COVID-19 data collection into their own hands

Sophie Foggin
July 28, 2020

The Brazilian government has been accused of under reporting case numbers of COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro’s…

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How fame impacts Barranquilla’s carnival kids Colombia

How fame impacts Barranquilla’s carnival kids

Sophie Foggin
March 24, 2020

Miranda Torres, aged 11, and Isaac Rodríguez, aged 10, were Queen and King of this year’s Children’s…

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Colombia’s government is digitalizing social inclusion, expanding connectivity Colombia

Colombia’s government is digitalizing social inclusion, expanding connectivity

Sophie Foggin
March 06, 2020

Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTic) is currently rolling out…

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Female STEMpreneurs in Latin America look for financial support and guidance Featured

Female STEMpreneurs in Latin America look for financial support and guidance

Sophie Foggin
February 12, 2020

María Isabel Amorín, from Guatemala, and Bárbara Tomadoni, from Argentina, were two of the nine female…

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Helena Gualinga is a voice for indigenous communities in the fight against climate change Countries

Helena Gualinga is a voice for indigenous communities in the fight against climate change

Sophie Foggin
January 31, 2020

When climate activist Helena Gualinga was a child, she lived in fear of not being able to return to…

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Why Bolsonaro is “curating” Brazil’s culture Brazil

Why Bolsonaro is “curating” Brazil’s culture

Sophie Foggin
January 29, 2020

When Roberto Alvim was hired by President Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s Special Secretary of Culture…

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How one Venezuelan entrepreneur intends to rescue the shoe industry Countries

How one Venezuelan entrepreneur intends to rescue the shoe industry

Sophie Foggin
January 27, 2020

The footwear industry has a disproportionately large carbon footprint. Combined with apparel, the two…

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Uber’s departure from Colombia sparks debate over app regulation Colombia

Uber’s departure from Colombia sparks debate over app regulation

Sophie Foggin
January 16, 2020

Colombia’s Superintendence of Industry and Commerce ruled last week that the multinational ride-hailing…

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What does Guaidó’s National Assembly repossession mean for Venezuela? Countries

What does Guaidó’s National Assembly repossession mean for Venezuela?

Sophie Foggin
January 09, 2020

Self-declared interim president of Venezuela Juan Guaidó and his supporters managed to successfully…

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Who is Venezuela’s new parliamentary speaker? Countries

Who is Venezuela’s new parliamentary speaker?

Sophie Foggin
January 06, 2020

Self-declared Venezuelan interim president Juan Guaidó and his ally-turned-competitor Luis Parra have…

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Women in STEM in Latin America
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Marcela Torres is the former CEO of Hola Code, a Mexican social enterprise that provides software development training for refugees and migrants who have returned to Mexico after having lived in the U.S. She was recently named winner of the ‘Entrepreneur’ category in the list of Latin America’s top innovators under the age of 35 published by MIT Technology Review. In honour of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science earlier this month, we interviewed Torres about being a female CEO of a tech company in Latin America, a region lacking support and funding for women working in STEM.

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Latin America Reports is an ambitious editorial project that aims to contextualize Latin America’s role in global affairs through various formats including: long-form analysis, curated news briefs, on-the-ground reporting, and multimedia storytelling.

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