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RedCLARA announces the launch of DeCLARA, a new podcast that gives voice to the people, ideas and partnerships driving the digital transformation of Latin America and the Caribbean.

RedCLARA presents DeCLARA, a new podcast that gives voice to the people, ideas and partnerships driving the digital transformation of Latin America and the Caribbean.

At a time when connectivity and cooperation have become engines of development, DeCLARA emerges as a space to listen to those who are making the region’s digital transformation possible: leaders, researchers, technologists and visionaries who connect knowledge, institutions and continents.

“DeCLARA was born as a space to hear the voices that build digital collaboration. We want people to understand what happens when cooperation turns into opportunity. It is not only about technology, but about people, ideas and alliances that are redefining the role of Latin America and the Caribbean in the digital world,” said Luis Eliécer Cadenas, Executive Director of RedCLARA.

With a warm, narrative and dynamic style, DeCLARA explores the stories behind the region’s major advances: from the direct connectivity between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean and bi-continental projects, to the innovations that bring science, education and technology closer to more communities.

Through its first episodes, the podcast invites listeners to discover how connectivity becomes action and how regional collaboration is driving a new cycle of knowledge-based development. Topics include the expansion of digital infrastructure and regional collaboration (BELLA II), the innovation highlighted at the TICAL2025 conference, the perspective of Chile’s National Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) on the future of AI, and BELLA II’s testbeds that enable experimentation with disruptive technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

“With DeCLARA we aim to amplify the voice of digital cooperation and connect scientific and academic communities with new audiences. It is a format that allows us to humanise technology and showcase the real value of collaboration between Latin America and Europe,” added Ixchel Pérez, Communications Officer at RedCLARA and producer of the podcast.

The first season of DeCLARA will be available from 21 October, initially on Spotify. Each episode combines exclusive interviews, analysis and stories that illustrate how digital cooperation is advancing innovation, education and scientific growth across the region.

Deepfakes (AI-generated audiovisual content that realistically reproduces faces, voices, and movements) have become the new face of digital deception. The term combines "deep learning" and "fake," reflecting the sophistication of these increasingly hard-to-detect falsifications. When combined with social engineering tactics, this technology forms a “perfect attack.” According to Entrust’s Identity Fraud Report 2025, digital identity fraud increased by 42% compared to the previous year, with generative AI involved in one out of every three incidents. Recent studies warn that deepfakes can distort public perception and create a false sense of trust, putting both individuals and institutions at risk.

San José, Costa Rica, October 14, 2025 – The Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology, and Telecommunications (MICITT) and the Latin American Advanced Networks Cooperation (RedCLARA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marking a new step in digital cooperation and advancing Costa Rica’s integration into BELLA II, the project that promotes connectivity, innovation, and scientific collaboration between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Out of a total of 13 registered initiatives, nine projects from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, and Guatemala advanced to the active phase of the BELLA II Early Adopters Blockchain Program, organized by RedCLARA and LNet. The program aims to promote the adoption of public-permissioned blockchain-based solutions across the academic, scientific, governmental, and entrepreneurial ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Cyberbridges Series: Connecting the Americas for a Safer Research Future will hold its second meeting on October 21. This free webinar is an initiative organized by RedCLARA, with the participation of LAC4, and it is part of the activities for Cybersecurity Month 2025.

With information from ECLAC. Latin America and the Caribbean are rapidly advancing in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), although the region still faces major challenges related to investment, talent development, and governance, according to the third edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index (ILIA 2025), presented by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the National Center for Artificial Intelligence of Chile (CENIA).