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LATIN TECHNOLOGY INDEX

Latin Technology: Chile Best, Cuba Worst

Uruguay improves most and Bolivia the least, the second annual Latin Technology Index shows.

Chile (top) has Latin America's highest Internet and broadband penetration rates, while Cuba (above) has the lowest. (Photos: Jesus Ynostroza/IDB and Latin Business Chronicle)

BY CHRONICLE STAFF

Thanks to strong growth in broadband, PC and wireless telephony penetration, Uruguay has become the second-leading technology nation in Latin America, according to the second annual Latin Technology Index from Latin Business Chronicle.

The index of 20 countries provides a unique comparison of the technology level of each Latin American country by looking at the penetration rates of Internet, broadband Internet, personal computers (PCs), wireless subscribers and fixed telephone lines. It uses 2006 technology data from the International Telecommunications Union, Computer Industry Almanac and Santiago Chamber of Commerce and population data from the International Monetary Fund and the Population Reference Bureau.

CHILE: TECHNOLOGY STAR

Chile again tops the list, thanks to having Latin America's highest Internet and broadband penetration, the second-highest wireless telephony penetration, the third-highest PC penetration and the fifth-highest fixed...

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Keywords: Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Guatemala, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela

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From: LatAm

Washington

is it relevant that cuba is the only country under blockade by the u.s.? no hardware or software made in the u.s., or with sufficient u.s. content, can be sold legally to cuba. the u.s. has limited internet bandwidth to cuba (the entire country) to the equivalent of what one big hotel here might have. the u.s. keeps cuba from linking to the fiber optic cable that goes right past the island, forcing it to use more-limited and more-expensive satellite connections. imagine internet without cisco and uunet, or computing without windows or OS X, without Intel and AMD.

From: Robert

Miami FL

This blockade of intellectual communication always impedes the progress and spirit of cooperation.