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Latin America's Copycat Startups: Thieving Or Innovation?

Future innovation

Latin America’s Copycat Startups: Thieving Or Innovation?

by Alidad Vassigh September 9, 2021May 19, 2025

China Is Now The Superpower With Biggest Stake In Afghanistan

Geopolitics usa

China Is Now The Superpower With Biggest Stake In Afghanistan

by Alidad Vassigh September 2, 2021May 19, 2025

Deadish: What General Anesthesia Taught Me About Death

In The News health

Deadish: What General Anesthesia Taught Me About Death

by Alidad Vassigh September 1, 2021May 19, 2025

Will Climate Woes Spell The End Of The "Western" Lifestyle?

Green climate change

Will Climate Woes Spell The End Of The “Western” Lifestyle?

by Alidad Vassigh August 23, 2021May 22, 2025

Pedro Castillo talking to his supporters after election results in June

In The News election

Peru: Will The Real José Pedro Castillo Please Stand Up?

by Alidad Vassigh July 28, 2021May 19, 2025

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Geopolitics democracy

President AMLO’s Misguided Nostalgia Creeps Toward Despotism

by Alidad Vassigh July 26, 2021May 19, 2025

Workers and teachers unions protesting against former president Ivan duque in Bogota, Colombia in November 2020

In The News usa

Colombia: The Cost Of 50 Years Of Failed Drug Policies

by Alidad Vassigh July 20, 2021May 22, 2025

Cubans of all stripes took to this street this week

Geopolitics cuba

Cuba Is A Dictatorship, Latin American Left Doesn’t Seem To Care

by Alidad Vassigh July 16, 2021May 22, 2025

EVs Start Moving Latin American Cities To Sustainability

In The News innovation

EVs Start Moving Latin American Cities To Sustainability

by Alidad Vassigh July 14, 2021May 23, 2025

It's Raining Fish, Hallelujah! Mysterious Lluvia de Peces Lands Again In Honduras

In The News fish

It’s Raining Fish, Hallelujah! Mysterious Lluvia de Peces Lands Again In Honduras

by Alidad Vassigh July 12, 2021May 19, 2025

Paraguay can barely show its face

In The News colombia

The Europe v. South America Football Question Has An Easy Answer

by Alidad Vassigh July 8, 2021May 19, 2025

Members of the San Isidro movement hold up a banner reading 'Culture and Liberty'

San Isidro v. Stalinism: Cuba’s Eternal Obsession With Artists

by Alidad Vassigh July 6, 2021May 22, 2025

Hass Avocados for sale at a farmer's market

Economy colombia

Colombian Farming: The Costs Of Replacing Coffee With Avocados

by Alidad Vassigh July 2, 2021May 22, 2025

Pope Francis speaking in the Saint Damaso courtyard in the Vatican

In The News argentina

Argentina Plays Politics With Pope’s Words On Property Rights

by Alidad Vassigh June 28, 2021May 19, 2025

Poll: 29% Of Tourists Choose Mexico City For Its *Beaches

Food / Travel mexico

Poll: 29% Of Tourists Choose Mexico City For Its *Beaches

by Bertrand Hauger and Alidad Vassigh June 25, 2021May 23, 2025

The trees of HEC

Impact: Education Innovation education

From Europe To Latin America, Business Schools Are Going Green

by Alidad Vassigh June 23, 2021May 22, 2025

Protestors in Managua, Nicaragua on the 'International Day of the Disappeared'

In The News colombia

Daniel Ortega Must (And Can) Be Stopped

by Alidad Vassigh June 17, 2021May 22, 2025

Nurses Protest in Buenos Aires, May 12, 2021

Geopolitics argentina

Nothing Is More Latin American Than Not Wanting To Be One

by Alidad Vassigh June 11, 2021May 19, 2025

Protesters clash with riot police in Santiago, Chile

In The News election

In Chile, Between Healthy Change And Outright Chaos

by Alidad Vassigh June 10, 2021May 19, 2025

Pedro Castillo, head of the Perú Libre party, had 19% of votes in the first round

Geopolitics democratic

Peru Election: Democracy At Risk, Pick Your Poison For President

by Alidad Vassigh June 4, 2021May 22, 2025

Plans for the Chancay port, hailed as an important stop on a New Silk Route

China’s Future Gateway To Latin America Is A Mega-Port In Peru

by Alidad Vassigh May 31, 2021May 22, 2025

A Mexican soldier is standing before a vehicle in which two men were executed by drug cartel members in Sinaloa, Mexico, 2012.

In Mexico, Drop In Life Expectancy Linked To Drug Cartel Violence

by Alidad Vassigh May 24, 2021May 19, 2025

Protest in support of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 2021.

Geopolitics brazil

The Key To Reelection For Bolsonaro? Lula’s Arrogance

by Alidad Vassigh May 20, 2021May 22, 2025

A small boat sailing on a river in Ecuador

Economy ecuador

Latin America Needs New Deal With China, For The Planet’s Sake

by Alidad Vassigh May 13, 2021May 22, 2025

A man wearing a virtual reality headset from Argentinian company Covrel.

Economy marketing

VR For HR: Virtual Reality As A Tangible Tool For Human Resources

by Alidad Vassigh May 12, 2021May 22, 2025

Clashes between protesters and riot police, in Bogota, Colombia, on April 30, 2021.

Geopolitics colombia

Colombia Protest Violence: Stop Blaming The Victims

by Alidad Vassigh May 7, 2021May 19, 2025

In a street in Havana, Cuba

Eyes on the U.S.cuba

Raul Castro’s Exit, Biden’s Arrival And The Future Of Venezuela

by Alidad Vassigh May 5, 2021May 22, 2025

Will the situation impose a closed, or an open society?

Geopolitics society

The Pandemic, And The Siren Song Of Demagoguery

by Alidad Vassigh May 2, 2021May 22, 2025

Mexican Riot Police Training Turns Into A Riot Of Its Own

Geopolitics mexico

Mexican Riot Police Training Turns Into A Riot Of Its Own

by Alidad Vassigh April 28, 2021May 19, 2025

21-century education

Ideas education

The Education Revolution Began Before The Pandemic

by Alidad Vassigh April 20, 2021May 19, 2025

Walking past a Maduro mural in Caracas, Venezuela

In The News donald trump

Maduro’s Crimes Don’t Make Juan Guaido President Of Venezuela

by Alidad Vassigh April 19, 2021May 22, 2025

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and Russia's President Vladimir Putin in 2019

China And Russia, Or The West? Latin America Must Choose A Side

by Alidad Vassigh April 15, 2021May 19, 2025

Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during a conference in October 2020

In The News immigration

Post-Trump, Mexico Won’t Rush To Reconcile With Washington

by Alidad Vassigh April 6, 2021May 22, 2025

President Biden in the White House on Feb. 21

Eyes on the U.S.history

To Fix The Border, Biden Needs To Look Beyond It

by Alidad Vassigh April 5, 2021May 21, 2025

A traditional asado (grill, barbecue) in Buenos Aires

Geopolitics food

Argentina’s Meat Industry Has A Beef With Paul McCartney

by Alidad Vassigh April 1, 2021May 19, 2025

Far-right candidate Rafael Lopez-Aliaga in Lima, Peru, on March 20

Geopolitics politics

Making Sense Of The Radical Right’s Rise In Latin America

by Alidad Vassigh March 30, 2021May 22, 2025

After 58 Years On The Run, Man Finds Out He Didn't Kill His Cousin

Society colombia

After 58 Years On The Run, Man Finds Out He Didn’t Kill His Cousin

by Alidad Vassigh March 30, 2021May 19, 2025

Peruvian Farmers Plough Through 3,000-Year-Old Mural

Society history

Peruvian Farmers Plough Through 3,000-Year-Old Mural

by Alidad Vassigh March 26, 2021May 12, 2025

Detail of an archive photo (2005) showing a young FARC fighter in Colombia in 2005

Ideas children's rights

Child Soldiers In Colombia: Victims Or Killers?

by Alidad Vassigh March 24, 2021May 19, 2025

Waiting to get the vaccine in Buenos Aires, Argentina

In The News health

Argentina vs. Chile: Tale Of Two Vaccine Rollouts

by Alidad Vassigh March 22, 2021May 22, 2025