Tamara Davison, Author at Latin America Reports

What is the future for renewable energy in Latin America?

Odebrecht scandal involvement begins to unravel in Mexico

Who benefits from a Latin America coworking boom?

Fifth Mexican journalist killed this year

Latin American technology production appears to benefit from trade war

Indigenous activists killed in Guerrero, Mexico

A tribute to Mexico’s murdered journalists: A Q&A with the creators of Netflix’s Tijuana

Latin America has a child marriage crisis

Arcely quit school in Guatemala when she was 11 years old before marrying her 34-year-old husband.

The perils of traveling to Mexico as a Central American migrant

Teenage pregnancy rates soar across 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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Women in STEM in Latin America

February 28, 2020

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Meet the teenage indigenous activist fighting climate change

January 24, 2020

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Audio Article: Uber’s departure from Colombia sparks debate over app regulation

January 21, 2020

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Special: Protests in Colombia

November 27, 2019