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International Human Rights Day 2011

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HRP members produced scientifically sound analysis that is advancing the process of legal justice in Guatemala. I’m proud to report here that, at the request of the Attorney General of Guatemala, our team has prepared statistical analysis to inform the prosecutions of these high-profile officials. and the European Union.

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Tuna raises $3M to address complexity of e-commerce payments in Latin America

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That process involves manual analysis and constant adjusting due to fraud. He has identified Mexico, Colombia and Argentina as potential new markets. “In the U.S., that score is used to determine if the purchaser is legit, but they didn’t implement that in Latin America,” he added.

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The Nubank EC-1

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It has 40 million users across Brazil, as well as Mexico and Colombia. Nubank had no say in the content of this analysis and did not get advance access to it. The lead editor for this package was Danny Crichton , the assistant editor was Ram Iyer , the copy editor was Richard Dal Porto , and illustrations were drawn by Nigel Sussman.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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Human Rights Patrick Ball recently spent a month at the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he held office hours and helped prosecutors use quantitative data and statistical analysis to pursue war crimes cases. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work.

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Latin America’s decline in VC investment isn’t necessarily bad news

TechCrunch

Onto our numbers and analysis! Colombia: $457 million, up 56% from Q4 2021. Our first instinct was to dive deeper into the discrepancies between, say, Mexico and Colombia, but Lewy questioned this approach. Beyond data. This caught our attention, perhaps disproportionately. Mexico: $258 million, down 59% from Q4 2021.

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

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This type of documentation is often a critical step in the large-scale data analysis projects conducted by Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) in partnership with human rights organizations. My first presentation discussed principles of documentation, developing databases, and analysis.

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Brazil’s idwall raises $38M for identity validation platform

TechCrunch

São Paulo-based idwall started as an automated background check solution and has since grown into a suite of data and identity validation and risk analysis products. Besides, places like Mexico and Colombia also have highly innovative companies pushing the envelope when it comes to identity and technology.

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