Senor Hector was reading about Latin American innovation this week. He contributed several links on that subject as well as links on a variety of topics.
But you knew this already: Andres Oppenheimer writes in el Nuevo Herald that Latin America is more creative than China or India. Es claro!
When it comes to urban planning and architecture Latin America is definitely taking some chances and innovating some new approaches. Justin McGuirk explores Latin America's new ideas for making urban areas work in Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture reviewed in The Guardian by Alexandra Lange
As Marcelo Guigale writes in the Financial Times, with the challenges facing Latin American exporters, they will have to be more creative in order to thrive going down the road.
Andres Oppenheimer also writes about Latin America's urgent need to be innovate here in the Miami Herald.
China is on everyone's mind this week. La Estrella De Panama has an article on how the slowing Chinese economy is effecting Panama and it's canal.
The BBC Mexico bureau expresses their concern regarding Chinese investment in Latin America here.
On the brighter side Chilean wines are well loved and there are a lot of different varieties available these days. El Tiempo has something to say about the export of Chilean cheer.
In Venezuela contraceptives are in very short supply. This is not good. Read about it in El Nacional
On the policy wonk side Juan Francisco Salazar writes on Latin America's changing vision of it's future in The Conversation
Policy is playing out on the street level in Bogota where taxi drivers are protesting competition from Uber. El Pais has a story on the action.
The Economist has a story low cost private schools in poor countries and another on the early stages of the Argentine presidential race.
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