Carmen Valderrama was appointed as the new ICT minister after Karen Abudinen, suspected of corruption, resigned. The connectivity and legal challenges she faces with just 10 months in office.

Since the end of October, Colombia has had a new ICT minister: Carmen Ligia Valderrama Rojas, who took office in a ceremony attended by the President of the Republic, Iván Duque.

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Carmen Valderrama was appointed as the new ICT minister after Karen Abudinen, suspected of corruption, resigned. The connectivity and legal challenges she faces with just 10 months in office.

MORE ANALYSIS

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The release of the Kimi 3 model from Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI has raised concerns among the U.S. government and companies such as Anthropic, which are challenging the use of the distillation technique, considering it intellectual property theft and a national security risk.

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A GSMA report indicates that poverty declined by 4.8% in Brazilian municipalities where mobile coverage became available. Recommendations for the next federal government.

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Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Macri led a meeting last Thursday and outlined the four pillars of the city’s AI strategy.

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The interoperability of the Delinquent Child Support Debtors Registry (Registro de Deudores Alimentarios Morosos, Redam) will be the first project under the Federal Public Innovation Agenda, an initiative promoted by CAF and FederAI to integrate digital services across provinces.

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