Central America and Caribbean
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1.8KWomen in the workplace: Does Latin America need its own #TimesUp movement?
Women empowerment has been the topic of 2017, paving positive changes towards gender equality in the workplace. Sparked by the womens’ march...
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2.0KCobuilding platform looks to Latin America for the next big exponential startup
In the age of hyper-connectivity, you don’t have to be in Palo Alto to develop the next world-changing algorithm. In an era...
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2.0KSunny in foggy times: IT in Latin America
Many North American companies consider Latin America as a region with high-performance software developing teams, able to compete with any region in...
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1.5KChange the world, drink righteous-flavoured coffee
If not hindered by drought, plant diseases or other obstacles, the average coffee farmer makes a meagre $3/day. Luckily, some brave companies...
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1.5KGender equality and food sovereignty growing hand in hand
An estimated ten million small-scale farmers across 80 countries work to produce 70% of the world’s coffee according to Co-op Coffees, and in the...
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1.6KBeyond Fair Trade: What you need to know about LATAM’s AgTech shift
An estimated ten million small-scale farmers, working less than ten hectares of land, across 80 countries work to produce 70% of the...
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2.1KGoogle offers a glimpse back to the first smartwatch, invented by the Mayans
For its new project “Preserving Maya Heritage,” Google ties up with the British Museum, using cutting-edge technology to show a collection of...
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2.0KPuenteLabs and IDB partner to help LATAM innovators make the leap to Silicon Valley
Not every startup gets a chance to pitch on Shark Tank and earn the education and investment available from those famous mentor-entrepreneurs.
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2.5KIn November, Panama embraces entrepreneurship
Through a week-long, free-for-all series of events, the Panamanian government is unveiling a new policy aiming to improve the country’s entrepreneurial performance.
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1.9KTech entrepreneurship, innovation, apps in Cuba thrive in difficult ecosystem
In Cuba it is not easy being an entrepreneur, or a capitalist threat to a Marxist–Leninist regime, working mostly offline, moving information...
