On November 30, AS/COA, in collaboration with the Multilateral Investment Fund, will host the panel discussion "Innovation in Latin America: New Technologies for Financial Inclusion" in New York.
With Brazil's economic boom rapidly expanding into the Northeast of the country, AS/COA Online speaks to Pernambuco's former executive secretary for technology, innovation, and higher education on the state's efforts to become a national technology hub.
With Mexico's press freedoms under threat by transnational crime syndicates, Mexicans increasingly turn to social media—particularly Twitter—to share crime updates. But state governments are presenting new legal challenges to sharing information via social media.
In light of the ongoing economic reform process in Cuba, the report outlines specific steps that can be taken by the Cuban government, the U.S. government, NGOs and foundations to assist independent small and micro-entrepreneurs in Cuba.
Renowned chef Ferran Adrià presented his new collaboration with Telefónica—a cutting-edge center for gastronomical innovation called elBullifoundation—at AS/COA in New York on March 22.
Americas Society and Council of the Americas launched the Winter 2010 issue of Americas Quarterly at an event in Bogota, Colombia, focused on connectivity and the next generation.
"With innovation, developing countries can find new ways to compete. But getting there requires improving citizens' access to information," writes Sebastián Mendoza Garrido, chief strategy officer for Panama's Container Consultants & Systems, in the Winter 2010 issue of Americas Quarterly.
