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Port of Cartagena: Colombia is one of the countries where SMEs are looking for new foreign suppliers. (Pxhere)

Latin Americans Cry Out for Suppliers
1170 658 Paz Gómez

Contracts Go Wanting with Half of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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  • Paz Gómez
Jorge Colindres won the 2016 Latin America Think Tank Shark Tank for his "Access to Justice for All" pitch. (Jorge Colindres)

Taxpayer Advocacy Bears Fruit in Honduras
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Jorge Colindres Drives Public Opinion, Preempts the Man

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  • Paz Gómez
Anti Chevron Campaign
Environmentalist Alexandra Costeau collaborated with the Mano Sucia de Chevron campaign (dirty hand of Chevron) supported by the Correa administration. (Cancillería del Ecuador)

Even if Ecuador Wins against Chevron, She Still Loses
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Affected Communities Need Restitution, Case Distracts from Promising Future

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The Port of St. John's, Newfoundland, in Atlantic Canada is the oldest city in North America. (Fergus Hodgson)

Canadian Think Tank Carries the Torch for Free Trade
1170 658 Fergus Hodgson

Centuries-Old Economic Discoveries Must Be Learned Anew

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  • Fergus Hodgson
Ecuadorian Attorney General Carlos Baca reports on the investigations into Odebrecht from the Audit Commission of the National Assembly. (Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador)

Another Odebrecht Scandal Is Waiting to Happen All Over Again
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Severe Judicial Action Must Follow, Fostered by an Aggressive Press

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Shaken Earth
Shaken Earth puts Central America's current challenges and cultural distinctions into historical context. (Daniel Mennerich)

Fiction Provides Gateway to Guatemala’s ‘Shaken Earth’
1170 658 Fergus Hodgson

Ignorance of history may doom us to repeat the mistakes of the past, but that truism alone doesn’t attract each generation to learn the lessons of their ancestors. As social…

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  • Fergus Hodgson
When others fell into despair, three friends saw a way to profit and help people overcome insecurity and food shortages: Marta Morante, Carmen López, and María Fernanda Espinoza. (@PerfectPlateVen)

Perfect Plate Defy the Odds, Create Gourmet Food in Venezuela
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Entrepreneurs Turns Crisis into Opportunity, Navigates Widespread Shortages

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radio investment treaties
A four-year audit of BITs, commissioned by the Correa administration, recommended renegotiating all of them. Here Cecilia Olivet (right), president of the commission, explains why there was an across-the-board end to treaties with Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, the United States, and Venezuela. (@patocarvajalg)

Why Investment Treaties Came to Naught in Ecuador
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12 Agreements Fall without Hurting Private Sector

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self-publishing
Carmina Valdizán, flanked by hosts of La Ciudad de los Libros, has learned how to gain and maintain an audience. (@cvaldiz)

Build Your Own Audience So You Don’t Need a Publisher
1170 658 Paz Gómez

Carmina Valdizán Shares Two Strategies That Paved the Way for Her Novels

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  • Paz Gómez
The Ecuadorian bitcoin community met to celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day on May 22. (Paz Gómez)

Ban Fails to Halt Bitcoin in Ecuador
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State’s Digital Alternative Flounders, Struggles to Instill Confidence

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