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Context and Response of Community Networks to COVID-19 in Latin America

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AutorKarla Velasco - Daniela Parra
Ocupação do AutorBA in International Relations from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) - Coordinates the area of Communication and Dissemination of REDES A.C., as well as training and support processes for indigenous media
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121The Value of Internet Openness in Times of Crisis
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has put the world under incredible
strain. The analysis of how Latin American community networks re-
acted to the challenges posed by the pandemic is particularly important
to understand the value of these initiatives to promote Internet openness and
sustainability in the region and above. In this essay, we provide some concrete
evidence, based on some of the experiences shared by our colleagues from
community networks in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and
Nicaragua.
12.1 BUILDING CONNECTIVITY IN ARGENTINA
In the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Atalaya Sur organization shared
that among the popular neighborhoods where the Atalaya Sur Villa 20 Com-
munity Network has been developed, crisis committees have been formed to
solve economic, nutritional or health problems that arise. By not having Inter-
net in their homes, many people do not have the possibility to stay at home,
so Atalaya Sur has enabled relevant educational content for the residents of
the neighborhoods. These contents are those distributed from the Ministry of
Education of the Nation, and they are evaluating hosting them locally on the
network in a short time. Regarding the network they manage, consumption
rose 50% from one day to the next and, having a restricted bandwidth, the con-
nectivity of families has been affected in a first stage. In a second stage, the
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Karla Velasco
Daniela Parra
Context and Response of Community
Networks to COVID-19 in Latin
America
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