The first pandemic in times of globalization affected 180 countries in less than three months, saturated the health system around the world, put the global economy in check, generated border closures in the five continents, increased unemployment and poverty, affected 70% of world air traffic, fractured the global production, supply and distribution chain, nationalist fervor […]
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In a press conference in English, the controversial president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced that the cryptocurrency BITCOIN will circulate as the official currency of that country [1], becoming the first nation in the world to recognize and adopt this cryptoasset as an official currency. While the decision at first glance seems to be
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At present, large global projects that aim to massively provide high-speed Internet for both urban and rural areas are in progress. On one hand, Google intends to implement a network of more than a thousand satellites that allow internet access in remote places [1], while the company Oneweb is looking to install around 1900 satellites
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By: Gabriel E. Levy B. After a night of celebration, joy, madness, alcohol and excesses, the subsequent consequence will be an uncomfortable “hangover” accompanied by remorse and guilt for the excesses [1]. In the same way, after three decades of celebrating the great changes caused by the development of the Internet, of being amazed by
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The concept of Digital Divide refers to any type of unequal distribution in the access, use, or appropriation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) among social groups. It is not only a matter of technologies, but also of social aspects that have an impact on multiple dimensions of human life and, in the particular case
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As a result of the global scandal caused by the trade war between United States and China, in which Huawei and Google have been the main protagonists, circumstances indicate that the new battlefield will no longer be the trenches but Internet, which was predictable in the context of a globalized information society.Although for now the
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In America, the strong neoliberal regulatory tradition has promoted ex-post regulatory schemes, that is, we regulate long after changes occur, which allows the market to adjust itself during implementation periods. But although experience has shown that subsequent regulation allows for greater innovation, it is also true that it generates a notable absence of the State
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The GlobalWebIndex study[1] published this year[2], showed that: “Latin America is the region in the world that has the highest consumption of social network applications[3]”, highlighting that the countries with the highest use are Brazil and Colombia and the population segment that uses them the most are young people and adolescents. The high dependence on
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