Juan Gavasa, autor en PanamericanWorld

Latin American entrepreneurs: imagination to survive the coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic has had serious effects on the economy of almost every country in the world. Governments have been forced to allocate billions of their budgets to help businesses that have been forced into temporary closure and workers who have lost their jobs....

How Canada’s tech ventures are keeping workplace morale up — from a distance

As the COVID-19 crisis rolls on, Canada’s tech ventures face a new challenge: maintaining their dynamic cultures as the novelty of remote working wears thin. Tech ventures prize their collaborative workplaces — the notion that creative spaces encourage smart ideas is...

How indigenous women revolutionized Bolivian wrestling

Though wrestling is widely regarded as the world’s oldest sport, women have only recently gained a foothold. And even then, they’ve done so while facing tremendous discrimination and resistance from organizers, other wrestlers and fans. This...

Colombian Cyclist Egan Bernal, the Best Latin American Athlete of 2019

So far, Egan Bernal has been the best Latin American athlete of 2019. His impressive victory in the last edition of the Tour de France, the first for a Colombian in history, has propelled this athlete, born in Bogotá 22 years ago, to an elite position in world sport....

Technology Canadian Startups that Fail Fast Succeed Faster

Failure rates of new technology-based companies are shockingly high. It is estimated that 75 per cent of technology start-ups do not generate profits. Other data suggest upwards of 90 per cent of new technology enterprises completely fail. However, some failures of...