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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

Blue Avocado

Meet Natasha Piñeiros Natasha Piñeiros grew up in Ecuador and moved to New Jersey at 13 years old. I’m from Ecuador — and being in this country as a young immigrant has shaped my experience of how I see the inequalities people experience.” She finished high school and decided to go to community college.

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For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust

The Next Web

Fast forward a few months and I’ve returned to my adopted country of Ecuador with the objective of helping to develop a thriving tech scene. Ecuador’s socialist government has prioritized the tech sector, even going so far as to create an entirely new city focused on the development of knowledge industries.

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Europe wants all countries to block pirate sites to combat online piracy

TechSpot

India, Indonesia, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine are listed as priority level 2, while Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Malaysia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand come in at level 3. The thirteen countries in the EC's crosshairs are headed by China (via TorrentFreak), which was singled out as the biggest concern. Read Entire Article

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Volunteer with Shunku Llacta and Visit the Rainforests of Ecuador

Have Fun - Do Good

In June 2005, my friend Abby Jaramillo, the Executive Director of Urban Sprouts , brought six international volunteers to two rural communities in the rainforests of Ecuador, Guayabillas and Santa Rosa, with the organization Shunku Llacta. Ecuador volunteer rainforest artisan Photo: A volunteer helps to harvest fruit.

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Ecuadorian payments infrastructure startup Kushki lands $100M at a $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch

Today, the startup operates in five countries: Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Chile. Kushki, an Ecuador-based fintech, raises $86M to build financial infrastructure in LatAm. The problem is so big in LatAm, that regardless of whether NASDAQ goes up or down, payments in Latin America will continue to trend up.

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HBO Max will launch internationally in June

The Verge

Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St.

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Bogota’s Tül raises $4 million to improve the supply chain for construction in Latin America

TechCrunch

The company will soon open operations in Ecuador, which Lafaurie said was the second-largest hardware market (per capita) in Latin America. By digitizing what had been a primarily analog industry, the company has managed to hit a $10 million revenue run rate and sign up 3,000 stores since its launch eight months ago.

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