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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’
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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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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
Luego de cuatro años de auditoría, la comisión asignada por Rafael Correa sugirió abandonar todos los TBI. Cecilia Olivet (derecha), presidenta de la comisión, explica porqué terminaron los tratados con Argentina, Bolivia, Canadá, Chile, Italia, Países Bajos, Perú, España, Suiza, Estados Unidos y Venezuela. (@patocarvajalg)

Tratados de inversión eran un gasto más para Ecuador
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El gobierno saliente terminó doce acuerdos bilaterales sin mayor impacto en el sector privado

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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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Este 22 de mayo alrededor de 50 personas celebraron el Bitcoin Pizza Day en Quito. (Paz Gómez)

La prohibición no detiene al bitcoin en Ecuador
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La alternativa digital centralizada se esfuerza por infundir confianza

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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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silenced-movie
Crowd censorship and self-censorship motivated the making of Silenced by Mike Cernovich and Loren Feldman. (Silenced)

‘Silenced’ Identifies the Greatest Threat to Free Speech
1170 658 Fergus Hodgson

Intimidation, Self-Censorship Make Us Our Own Worst Enemies

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Miami's coveted hotel market is the center of a standoff as Airbnb unravels regulation and protectionism. (Jimmy Baikovicius)

Airbnb Descends into Political Dogfight with New PAC in Florida
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Hotel Lobby’s Peer-to-Peer Competitor Won’t Be Intimidated

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Entrepreneurs Ecuador
Perla Organic Chocolate en evento de presentación y degustación. (PRO ECUADOR)

Ecuador es un diamante en bruto para emprendedores
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Acuerdo comercial con la Unión Europea y políticas a favor de la exportación abren nuevas puertas

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