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Understanding and Identifying Scams: Digitally Empowering Older Adults in Mexico
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Building Trust 15 January 2025

Understanding and Identifying Scams: Digitally Empowering Older Adults in Mexico

There is a generational digital divide, with older adults often lacking the training to use digital tools safely.To help...

Internet Exchange Points in Argentina: Network Infrastructure Improves the Balance of Trade
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Internet Exchange Points 7 October 2024

Internet Exchange Points in Argentina: Network Infrastructure Improves the Balance of Trade

Internet Exchange Points (IXPS) have become vital assets in Argentina, where they ensure that data travels seamlessly, efficiently, and...

Protection for Intermediaries Is Vital for the Internet in Mexico
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Strengthening the Internet 12 April 2024

Protection for Intermediaries Is Vital for the Internet in Mexico

We often overlook the factors that enable the Internet to accommodate a wide range of applications, from real-time surgeries...

How the Espírito Santinho Community Created Brazil’s First Fiber Community Network
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Community Networks 14 March 2023

How the Espírito Santinho Community Created Brazil’s First Fiber Community Network

Espírito Santinho Until 2019, the Internet was out of reach for most residents in the rural community of...

An Internet Exchange Point Helps Haiti during Natural Disasters
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Internet Exchange Points 13 July 2022

An Internet Exchange Point Helps Haiti during Natural Disasters

The 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in August 2021, just as many people were starting their day. Over the...

An IXP in Bolivia Steps in to Provide Faster, More Reliable Internet—Just in Time
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Internet Exchange Points 11 February 2022

An IXP in Bolivia Steps in to Provide Faster, More Reliable Internet—Just in Time

After several years of stagnation, Bolivia’s IXP, PIT Bolivia, now doubles its exchanged traffic every six months

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The Internet Society’s Latin America & Caribbean region currently counts 11,722 individual members, out of whom 7,162 (61%) are also members of one of our 26 Chapters in the region. (as of December 2020) 

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