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Humour, hope and hashtags: how Gen Z is reshaping protest in Latin America

Published: 18 April 2026
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From livestreams in Lima to mass marches in Mexico City and youth networks in Buenos Aires, a new generation is reshaping protest in Latin America. Gen Z activists respond to corruption, crime, and political instability by blending street mobilisation with digital organising, memes, and cultural expression. Decentralised, creative, and often born online, their movements show how humour, hope, and hashtags are transforming activism across the region.
Ester Pinheiro
A virus riding on another virus

COVID-19: Tips for a Saner Digital Diet in These Viral Times

Published: 4 March 2020
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A virus riding on another virus. That is how the ‘infodemic’ is raging in online spaces around the outbreak of the novel coronavirus called COVID-19, which has been on just about everyone’s radar since late January 2020. As grave as the quest to manage the respiratory disease and cure those ill with it is not only the challenge of using facts versus fear - but how to create and keep avenues of information that withstand the unrelenting drip of skewed, confused, partially true to totally false information, to racist and prejudiced views, or a cocktail of these.
Johanna Son

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Illustration: Hand hält ein Smartphone vor grauem Hintergrund. Text: "Visions for a digital Europe 2025". Logos von Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung und Partnern.

“Visions for a Digital Europe 2025” Online conference

Published: 12 October 2021
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How can we create a value-based European digital future that is innovative and internationally compatible at the same time? What influence can the EU have on the data-driven economy and digitised society through new legislative projects and further regulatory measures? These are some key questions debated at the online conference "Visions for a Digital Europe 2025", which took place on Wednesday 27 October 2021. An initiative of iRightsLab, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the German Research Institute for Public Administration and the German University of Administrative Sciences.
Illustration: Hand hält ein Smartphone vor grauem Hintergrund. Text: "Visions for a digital Europe 2025". Logos von Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung und Partnern.

“Visions for a Digital Europe 2025” Online conference

Published: 12 October 2021
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How can we create a value-based European digital future that is innovative and internationally compatible at the same time? What influence can the EU have on the data-driven economy and digitised society through new legislative projects and further regulatory measures? These are some key questions debated at the online conference "Visions for a Digital Europe 2025", which took place on Wednesday 27 October 2021. An initiative of iRightsLab, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the German Research Institute for Public Administration and the German University of Administrative Sciences.
Illustration: Hand hält ein Smartphone vor grauem Hintergrund. Text: "Visions for a digital Europe 2025". Logos von Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung und Partnern.

“Visions for a Digital Europe 2025” Online conference

Published: 12 October 2021
Online conference
How can we create a value-based European digital future that is innovative and internationally compatible at the same time? What influence can the EU have on the data-driven economy and digitised society through new legislative projects and further regulatory measures? These are some key questions debated at the online conference "Visions for a Digital Europe 2025", which took place on Wednesday 27 October 2021. An initiative of iRightsLab, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the German Research Institute for Public Administration and the German University of Administrative Sciences.
Illustration: Hand hält ein Smartphone vor grauem Hintergrund. Text: "Visions for a digital Europe 2025". Logos von Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung und Partnern.

“Visions for a Digital Europe 2025” Online conference

Published: 12 October 2021
Online conference
How can we create a value-based European digital future that is innovative and internationally compatible at the same time? What influence can the EU have on the data-driven economy and digitised society through new legislative projects and further regulatory measures? These are some key questions debated at the online conference "Visions for a Digital Europe 2025", which took place on Wednesday 27 October 2021. An initiative of iRightsLab, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the German Research Institute for Public Administration and the German University of Administrative Sciences.
Illustration: Hand hält ein Smartphone vor grauem Hintergrund. Text: "Visions for a digital Europe 2025". Logos von Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung und Partnern.

“Visions for a Digital Europe 2025” Online conference

Published: 12 October 2021
Online conference
How can we create a value-based European digital future that is innovative and internationally compatible at the same time? What influence can the EU have on the data-driven economy and digitised society through new legislative projects and further regulatory measures? These are some key questions debated at the online conference "Visions for a Digital Europe 2025", which took place on Wednesday 27 October 2021. An initiative of iRightsLab, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the German Research Institute for Public Administration and the German University of Administrative Sciences.
Illustration: Hand hält ein Smartphone vor grauem Hintergrund. Text: "Visions for a digital Europe 2025". Logos von Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung und Partnern.

“Visions for a Digital Europe 2025” Online conference

Published: 12 October 2021
Online conference
How can we create a value-based European digital future that is innovative and internationally compatible at the same time? What influence can the EU have on the data-driven economy and digitised society through new legislative projects and further regulatory measures? These are some key questions debated at the online conference "Visions for a Digital Europe 2025", which took place on Wednesday 27 October 2021. An initiative of iRightsLab, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the German Research Institute for Public Administration and the German University of Administrative Sciences.

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