Uruguay and neighbor Argentina routinely boast the highest adult literacy rates in Latin America, around 98%. Behind the statistic lie the tables after tables of books at Montevideo’s Sunday market, itself on a street lined with antique shops and used bookstores; behind the statistic wait the [...]
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Shared Dreams
In a serendipitous coincidence with my new tasks on the Literacy Spark Team, an invitation found its way into my hands from the Riecken Foundation to attend a presentation about their local programs. I’d previously heard great things about Riecken’s work with libraries and was curious to learn m[...]
Spark Teams: Promoting Innovation
Chispudo refers to a person who is proactive, perceptive, curious and clever. It’s a guatemaltequismo, a word found only in Guatemala, which plays with the word in Spanish for spark, chispa, turning it into a personal attribute for those people capable of generating sparks in the different facet[...]
