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Category: Brazil

COVID-ravaged Brazil begins vaccine rollout

COVID-ravaged Brazil begins vaccine rollout

Michael Krumholtz
January 18, 2021

Brazil’s government approved a pair of vaccines Sunday as the country struggles to contain the…

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Brazil’s carbon emissions rising because of Amazon deforestation

Brazil’s carbon emissions rising because of Amazon deforestation

Michael Krumholtz
November 09, 2020

Brazil emitted 9.6 percent more carbon emissions in 2019 than the previous year, according to a new…

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Q&A: How one Latin American startup is using tech to help hotels keep profits during the COVID-19 pandemic

Q&A: How one Latin American startup is using tech to help hotels keep profits during the COVID-19 pandemic

Latin America Reports
September 23, 2020

It’s no secret that the tourism industry in Latin America has been flattened by COVID-19, as the…

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Funding continues to boom for Latin America’s fintech industry

Funding continues to boom for Latin America’s fintech industry

Michael Krumholtz
September 04, 2020

Major financial technology firms in Latin America have reported at least $8 billion in funding up to…

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Unemployment rises across Latin America as COVID-19 continues to hammer economies

Unemployment rises across Latin America as COVID-19 continues to hammer economies

Michael Krumholtz
August 29, 2020

For decades, the region had success in lifting people out of poverty, as impoverished rates had fallen…

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How innovative tech is combating COVID-19 across Latin America

How innovative tech is combating COVID-19 across Latin America

Michael Krumholtz
August 22, 2020

As Latin America finds itself as the world’s current coronavirus hotspot, tech companies and governments…

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

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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An interview with Mobile Growth Summit CEO: Mobile marketing looks to Latin America despite COVID-19 challenges

An interview with Mobile Growth Summit CEO: Mobile marketing looks to Latin America despite COVID-19 challenges

Jordan Jones
April 23, 2020

In mid-February, SoftBank announced that it would to continue to invest in its $5 billion dollar Latin…

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What’s driving global tech companies to Latin America

What’s driving global tech companies to Latin America

Craig Dempsey
February 05, 2020

Global tech companies are focusing on expansion in Latin America, a sign that the region is ripe with…

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Why Bolsonaro is “curating” Brazil’s culture

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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Women in STEM in Latin America
by LatinAmericaReports

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.

Women in STEM in Latin America
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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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
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Illegally trafficking night monkeys in the Amazon
November 19, 2019
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Social unrest in Latin America
October 30, 2019
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Social unrest in Latin America
October 30, 2019
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