With the support of RedCLARA, REUNA and the BELLA II BIO+IA testbed, a Chilean team of researchers from the Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD) and the University of Chile (UCh) used artificial intelligence to identify new biological pathways associated with resistance to treatments for triple-negative breast cancer.

What if the key to treating liver and lung diseases were hidden in a medicine that has been present in millions of households for decades? With the support of the Early Adopters BIO+IA programme, a team of researchers from Colombia and Venezuela used artificial intelligence and molecular network analysis to investigate a possibility that could open up new horizons for the medicine of the future. The result? A demonstration of the value of regional collaboration and of how artificial intelligence...

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women worldwide. In fact, according to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), more than 220,000 new cases are diagnosed each year in Latin America and the Caribbean alone, and around 60,000 women die from the disease, half of them before reaching the age of 65. Against this backdrop, the question posed by a Mexican multidisciplinary team is particularly pertinent: Can we identify ‘biological markers’ of breast cancer in a blood samp...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Connectivity can be a major hurdle for global collaborative research organisations. Such initiatives are progressively taking centre stage as humanity seeks to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time and to answer questions about the universe.