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Latin America’s startup scene is vibrant and growing, yet regional differences are plentiful. Jamie Stark looks at social and political factors driving innovative businesses in Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil – and asks, Is democracy a startup essential? What does it take to make a strong business culture? Political stability, […]

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR – Small signs of support for gender equality are popping up here in Central America. Women’s rights are more than pressing here in El Salvador, the nation with the highest rate of femicide in the world. Yet changes are evident and increasingly popular. The current left-leaning […]

Abstract: Two American cities, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., have as many Salvadoran residents as San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador. These millions who have left are often in search of higher wages and better job opportunities to support themselves and family back home. So what happens when “globalization” means “emigration”? […]

San Francisco. New York. Berlin. Medellín? That’s right, add Medellín to the list of entrepreneurial hubs. The Colombian city was named 2013’s Innovative City of the Year by the Wall Street Journal magazine and Citi Bank, over any other cliché startup metropolis. Talk to any paisa, a native of Medellín, […]

There’s a common saying here in tiny El Salvador that roughly translates as, “Two thirds of Salvadorans live in El Salvador. The rest live abroad.” Two American cities, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., have as many Salvadoran residents as San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador. These millions who […]