Adelantos en la Ciencia 1
This country in Latin America is known for its achievements in biotech, nuclear tech, and satellite tech.
Argentina
This university in Mexico is famous for scientific research and earthquake monitoring. +
This Cuban biotechnologist developed a synthetic interferon used globally to treat viruses.
UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) +
Dr. Luis Herrera Martínez
The Galápagos Islands, crucial for evolutionary studies, belong to this South American country. +
This structure provides clean energy to Brazil and Paraguay and is the world’s largest hydroelectric plant.
Ecuador +
The Itaipu Dam
This South American country is home to the world's largest tropical rainforest, crucial for global climate research.
Brazil
This Mexican engineer invented a color-wheel system for television that was later used by NASA. +
This Brazilian physicist is renowned for his work on intersecting science, philosophy, and spirituality.
Guillermo González Camarena +
Marcelo Gleiser
This Mexican crop, originally domesticated by indigenous peoples, became a global food staple and subject of genetic research.
Corn (or maize)
This Argentine biochemist revolutionized biological research and medicine by developing monoclonal antibody production.
César Milstein
This American engineer became the first Latina astronaut in space and inspired many in the field of STEM.
Ellen Ochoa
This Brazilian city is known as the "Silicon Valley of Latin America" and hosts many tech startups. +
This Argentine doctor of vascular radiology is known for advancing angioplasty surgery by developing the first balloon-exapandable stint..
São Paulo +
Julio Palmaz
NASA's first Salvadoran American to go to space, is currently stuck on the International Space System after their spacecraft got a coolant leak.
Frank Rubio
This Spanish-American biochemist revolutionized genetic science by helping decode RNA, a breakthrough that earned him a Nobel Prize.
Severo Ochoa
This Colombian scientist developed the first synthetic vaccine for malaria, which advanced the field of vaccinology. +
-Born in Los Angeles and raised in La Mesa, California, she, was the first Hispanic woman in space.
Manuel Elkin Patarroyo +
Ellen Ochoa
This Peruvian scientist invented wind portable wind turbines to capture atmospheric water for desert communities.
Max Hidalgo Quinto
This Salvadoran scientist and inventor created a "turbo-cooker" and a process to reduce firewood consumption by a 9-to-1 ratio, earning recognition from the UN.
Rene Nuñez
This Mexican research center in Ensenada is renowned for oceanographic studies. +
This pan-Latin American initiative seeks to connect research and education networks across the continent, fostering scientific collaboration.
Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE). +
RedCLARA
This country became the first in Latin America to provide every public-school student with a laptop.
Uruguay
This Central American country became the first in the region to ban single-use plastic bags to address plastic waste.
Panama
This Brazilian biofuel technology, derived from sugarcane, has made the country a world leader in renewable transportation fuel.
(sugarcane-derived) ethanol
This Argentine cardiac surgeon pioneered the first successful human artificial heart transplant in 1969.
Domingo Liotta
-a Mexican engineer known for being the inventor of color television, was born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1917
-Established his first TV system in 1932
-Brought in Literacy through TV .Classes were taught through TV called Telesecundaria Education system
Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena
Argentine-born American chemist who first synthesized captopril, the first ACE inhibitor that was used to treat heart disease.
Miguel Angel Ondetti
Paraguay's development of this renewable energy technology has made it one of the world's leaders in clean energy production per capita.
Hydroelectric power
This agricultural research site in Lima, Peru, developed potato varieties that can grow at elevations above 4,000 meters.
The International Potato Center
This Brazilian research institution is a global leader in tropical medicine and public health, significantly contributing to infectious disease control.
Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation)
This type of earth mining developed by Bolivia applies an environmentally friendly method instead of traditional mining.
Direct Lithium Extraction