Tag: Latin America

The Internet of Things: The Next Digital Divide for Latin America?

LINK: The growth of the Internet in Latin America has been swift in the past few years

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A Colombian’s Hit Video Game Is About A Different Sort Of Violence — Alcoholism

Click here to read about game designer Vander Caballero’s “Papo & Yo” at PRI.org.

Amazon Tribes Want to Remain Isolated–So They’re Getting the Internet

LINK: For the Waura, getting internet has been a years-long process

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How Guatemala’s President Otto Pérez Molina Was Taken Down by a Facebook Post

Click here to read at Remezcla.com.

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Brazilian youth use technology to fight gender violence, promote women in politics

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Quartz: Why Netflix is entering Cuba even though the Internet barely works there

And marketing rears its head yet again.

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Notes on Science Fiction & Fantasy in Latin America

An Essay From International Science Fiction

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Latin American Genre Rises at Blood Window

Read Fangoria’s report on the genre-focused film fest.

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Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Creator Of Superhero Parody, Dead At 85

Heart attack kills acclaimed Mexican comedian, writer and actor.


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Why the Day of the Dead is not Halloween

Haunting celebration photos from Mexico City.

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