Puerto Rico’s Averages Looked Fine. Its Mountains Were Not.
The benchmark trap, and what a decade of crisis has taught us about measuring digital development For almost thirty years, I’ve made the same argument about Puerto Rico. I made...
Mexico’s Foreign Investment Law Reform
Reviewing investments that could compromise a country’s critical infrastructure, data, or strategic technologies is common worldwide. The United States does so through its Committee on Foreign Investment, created by Executive...
ISAC’s Opportunities and Strategic Challenges
A 6G network will be able to tell that you are there without your phone ever connecting to it. That is not distant speculation. It is one of the defining...
Brazil Can Gain from U.S. H-1B Restrictions
Over the past twelve months, Washington, DC, has adopted three immigration measures that, in the long term, may prove counterproductive for the United States. First, it imposes a $100,000 fee...
The FIFA World Cup as a Technological Showcase
Politics and sports do not mix. That is one of the most repeated and most false assertions in history. From regional games, such as the Central American and Caribbean Games,...
Bread and Circuses of a Digitized Football
A new edition of the most impressive celebration in history has begun: the FIFA World Cup 2026. Held for the first time simultaneously across three countries: Canada, the United States,...
H-1B Visas: Mexico’s Technological Opportunity
In late 2025, the United States introduced a new policy targeting H-1B visas, thereby negatively affecting one of the world's most important channels for skilled labor mobility. For decades, the...
Mexico According to the Global Knowledge Index
Last November 2025, the Global Knowledge Index (GKI) was published, of which I have been a part of the advisory committee since 2021. This publication seeks to establish a comprehensive...
Technology, Power, and the New Global Order
On January 8, 2026, a White House communiqué announced the United States’ withdrawal from 66 international organizations as part of the “America First” policy agenda. This decision represents a significant...
Venezuela Post-Maduro: Telecommunications, Geopolitics, and Hemispheric Power
On January 3, U.S. Army forces carried out a military operation to arrest Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela. This military action falls within the framework of the United States’ new...
