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Mexico City to host MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 Argentina

Mexico City to host MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35

Latin America Reports
January 10, 2020

On January, 30, one of the largest global communities of innovators, pioneers, and social change agents…

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Is AMLO’s approach to crime working after one year? Countries

Is AMLO’s approach to crime working after one year?

Sophie Foggin
December 12, 2019

Since the start of 2019, an average of 95 people per day have been killed in Mexico, according to government…

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The startup that puts Latin American micro-businesses on the digital map Brazil

The startup that puts Latin American micro-businesses on the digital map

Frances Jenner
November 18, 2019

Brazil is geographically and economically the largest country in Latin America, but 89 percent of its…

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Oaxaca’s legalization of abortion could pave the way for other Mexican states to follow suit Countries

Oaxaca’s legalization of abortion could pave the way for other Mexican states to follow suit

Sophie Foggin
October 15, 2019

“Us, feminists, we’re the ones who are behind the movement to legalize abortion,” Pilar Muriedas…

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Mexican president proposes amnesty law for non-violent crimes Countries

Mexican president proposes amnesty law for non-violent crimes

Frances Jenner
September 18, 2019

On September 15, nearly 210 years to the day after Priest Miguel Hidalgo freed political prisoners to…

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Number of Latin American unicorns increases seven-fold in two years Argentina

Number of Latin American unicorns increases seven-fold in two years

Frances Jenner
September 17, 2019

In 2017, Latin America was home to just two companies worth over $1 billion. A year and a half later,…

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How Trump’s new asylum rule puts migrants at risk Featured

How Trump’s new asylum rule puts migrants at risk

Frances Jenner
July 16, 2019

On July 15, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new law that requires migrants to claim asylum in…

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Mexico’s National Guard will be used to reduce immigration after negotiations with the U.S. Countries

Mexico’s National Guard will be used to reduce immigration after negotiations with the U.S.

Frances Jenner
June 12, 2019

Six thousand National Guard troops will be sent to the country’s border with Guatemala in order to…

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What is the future for renewable energy in Latin America? Countries

What is the future for renewable energy in Latin America?

Tamara Davison
June 04, 2019

Coming in as Latin America’s second largest country, just falling short of Brazil, Mexico is the fourteenth…

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Odebrecht scandal involvement begins to unravel in Mexico Countries

Odebrecht scandal involvement begins to unravel in Mexico

Tamara Davison
May 30, 2019

Interpol released a red alert yesterday in order to search for Emilio Lozoya Austin, the former head…

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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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