MerIA: Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics to Accelerate the Identification of Mercury-Resistance Genes in Latin America
Mercury pollution is one of the most persistent environmental and health problems in Latin America, with significant impacts on ecosystems and communities exposed to this highly toxic metal, particularly those involved in artisanal mining. Kidney problems, neurological disorders and foetal malformations are among its most severe manifestations. Faced with this challenge, the Ecuadorian MerIA (Mercury Identification through Artificial Intelligence) project, which benefited from the capabilities o...
eduLACSeg: The defense force of Latin America’s largest academic cybersecurity ecosystem
Now approaching its fifth anniversary and built on the foundations of a collaboration that has lasted more than 20 years – which, amongst other things, led to the creation of RedCLARA – the Regional Cybersecurity Group of the National Research and Education Networks (NREN) of Latin America and the Caribbean, eduLACSeg, is already proving its immense value. Find out more and discover how your institution can benefit from it.
Smart Agro RAF LATAM: Blockchain for traceability in family farming in Latin America
Family farming forms the basis of food security in Latin America, but faces persistent challenges in terms of transparency, traceability and access to higher-value markets. Smart Agro RAF LATAM is a regional collaborative initiative which, supported by the BELLA II Early Adopters Blockchain programme – run between September and December 2025 – demonstrates how the advanced digital infrastructure of RedCLARA and the national research and education networks (NRENs) that comprise it enables innovat...
Honey in the Chain: Blockchain for Beekeeping
Honey in the Chain: Blockchain for BeekeepingEach jar of honey holds a story we rarely know: that of the families who care for the hives and of the bees that pollinate crops and support ecosystems. Today, thanks to technology, that story can be tracked from the hive to the consumer through secure and accessible records. These records allow production and origin to be verified and are ready to connect to international data networks when needed. This benefit is one of the impacts amplified by the ...Purpose-Driven Supercomputing: Innovation with a Guatemalan Signature
When technology impacts real life, it ceases to be just innovation and becomes transformation. The high-performance computing (HPC) testbed of the BELLA II project is a key tool to drive that change in Latin America and the Caribbean by turning scientific knowledge into solutions that protect human health and the environment.BELLA IMPACT: BELLA connectivity is bringing benefits to High Energy Physics research
In September 2021 we witnessed the official launch of BELLA, the new transcontinental link that interconnects the research network backbones in Europe (GÉANT) and Latin America (RedCLARA). The inauguration event took place online at TICAL, RedCLARA’s annual conference.
