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Luis Barrueto

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As seen in: N+ Univision, KABE-TV (Bakersfield, CA), City A.M., PanAm Post, Access Now, Americas Quarterly, Plaza Pública, Agencia Ocote
Covers:  guatemalan politics, drug trafficking, economics, americas, u.s.-mexico border, guatemala, drug war, literature, science, globalization, (im)migration, art
De Guatemala, en Berlin 🇬🇹🇩🇪 Comunicación y derechos humanos
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Is there a role for leadership in flat organisations?

Is there a role for leadership in flat organisations?

City A.M. — Time-sensitive and strategic decisions are best left in expert hands. For some time now, companies like Google and online retailer Zappos have championed flat organisational structures - where authority is widely distributed, everyone works together in a large space, and employees are encouraged to collaborate. This has certainly transformed leadership and management styles, but it doesn't mean that strong-minded managers have become extinct. Lego, for example, has reduced the number of middle managers and empowered its employees to take on more responsibilities, but it has also expanded its top management by bringing in functional specialists and moving senior managers much closer to operations.
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Chinese equities - a steady bull market?

Chinese equities - a steady bull market?

City A.M. — Despite a six per cent sell-off on Thursday, the Chinese equity markets made fresh gains yesterday. Shanghai's CSI 300 index rose 4.86 per cent to 5,076.18, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 4.72 per cent to 4,828.74, following a 136.9 per cent increase in the last 12 months. These gains came despite relatively weak market data. The official manufacturing PMI edged up to 50.2 from 50.1 in April (indicating expansion), but a survey by HSBC and Markit Economics - which focuses on small and mid-sized firms - stayed in contraction for a third month at 49.2, despite beating the 49.1 figure from April.
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Looking for a career change? Try an EMBA

Looking for a career change? Try an EMBA

City A.M. — An executive MBA can be a demanding experience. Typically taking one or two years, often costing eyewatering sums of money, and offered as full or part-time courses by business schools, these degrees are seen as a vital platform for experienced professionals to make the leap into more senior positions. But they may also be useful for those looking to change career altogether. They offer "a life-long network of colleagues who might help you to make the jump to a new sector or even to start out on your own," says Nicola Simpson, programme director at the London Business School.
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Are emerging markets in for a bumpy ride?

Are emerging markets in for a bumpy ride?

City A.M. — Developing economies are better prepared to withstand higher US interest rates. A slowdown in global trade and investment growth, as well as a fall in commodity prices are dominating the outlook for emerging economies. Major central banks - notably China, India, Indonesia and Turkey - have focused on cutting interest rates to shore up their economies as global growth slows. But as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) prepares to raise short-term interest rates by the end of the year, this divergence could create opportunities as well as risks for investors. The Fed is laying the groundwork for its first interest rate rise in nearly a decade.
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What can misfit entrepreneurs teach business?

What can misfit entrepreneurs teach business?

City A.M. — The underground economy is a hotbed of creativity and innovation It is not often the case that chief executives and managers turn to pirates, hackers or highly disruptive entrepreneurs for advice. But as business writers Alexa Clay and Kyra Phillips suggest, that's exactly what they should be doing. Indeed, leaders trying to boost innovation and creativity inside their firms can turn to the misfit economy for inspiration. Here are some of their insights. One of the ways that we can learn from misfits is the way that they rethink business models and allow workplace cultures to evolve.
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Justice Denied: The Non-Trial of Ríos Montt

Justice Denied: The Non-Trial of Ríos Montt

panampost.com — In May 2013, former Guatemalan head of state Efraín Ríos Montt and Director of Military Intelligence (G-2) Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez were tried and convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity - only for the Constitutional Court to squash the sentence on insubstantial technicalities 10 days later. A second round took place last week on January 5.
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El conflicto armado, una generación después

El conflicto armado, una generación después

www.diariodigital.gt — Espero no equivocarme en mi optimismo (así sea de largo plazo) y que cuando finalmente despertemos, el dinosaurio ya no esté allí.
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De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de populismo

De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de populismo

www.diariodigital.gt — El populismo ha sido una de las palabras más usadas y abusadas del discurso político, ¿a qué nos referimos exactamente?
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State of Queer: being gay in Latin America

State of Queer: being gay in Latin America

Pandeia Network — Many countries in Latin America have been quick to adopt legislation towards the greater inclusion of LGBT individuals in society, but the struggle is far from over. México, Chile and Guatemala illustrate some of the differences, and the challenges looking forward.
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Democracy at Stake in Battle for Guatemala's Courts

Democracy at Stake in Battle for Guatemala's Courts

PanAmPost — Claudia Escobar Mejía, a recently elected magistrate to the Appeals Courts in Guatemala, stirred up the country on October 5 by resigning her post and publicly denouncing irregularities in the election process that favored the ruling party. An analysis of what's at stake:
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Narcotráfico en Guatemala: las 10 cosas que tiene que saber

Narcotráfico en Guatemala: las 10 cosas que tiene que saber

www.diariodigital.gt — 10 Facts every informed citizen should know about the drug trafficking business in Guatemala. Obtained from a recent report presented by the Comission for Reform in Drug Policy.
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Ante la ley - Diario Digital

Ante la ley - Diario Digital

www.diariodigital.gt — Op-ed using Franz Kafka's story "Before the Law" as a parable that captures the patterns Guatemalan immigrants and deportees from the United States face daily.
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Luis Barrueto - The War on Drugs is Destroying My Country

Luis Barrueto - The War on Drugs is Destroying My Country

townhall.com — Op-ed narrating the effects of the War on Drugs in the northern triangle of Central America.
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Una década de violencia - Diario Digital

Una década de violencia - Diario Digital

www.diariodigital.gt — Violence in Guatemala is explained by a multiplicity of causes: legal uncertainty and its consequence, impunity, above all.
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Lejos de los misiles - Diario Digital

Lejos de los misiles - Diario Digital

www.diariodigital.gt — Op-ed, framing the state of immigration law as a humanitarian crisis nobody is paying attention to.
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Are Borders a Thing of the Past?

Are Borders a Thing of the Past?

www.theoslotimes.com — The counter-intuitive effects of globalization on the way borders are drawn nowadays, and how this dynamics favour state power at the expense of the individual.
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The Long Road to Nowhere

The Long Road to Nowhere

Pandeia Network — Courage, devastation, anger and sorrow all mix together in these stunning stories that represent the migration struggle in South America. Luis Eduardo Barrueto reports from Guatemala the tragedy of crossing the Mexican border that immigrants have to face, bravely risking their lives to reach the 'American dream'.
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Victims of Abstract Ideals: Protests across the Globe

Victims of Abstract Ideals: Protests across the Globe

Pandeia Network — From protests to civil war, the international stage has seen a sandstorm of political unrest. Luis Barrueto looks at these conflicts across the globe, with focus on the rising tensions in Ukraine and Venezuela in a Special Report for Pandeia.
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Wondrus - Creando puentes entre ciencia y arte

Wondrus - Creando puentes entre ciencia y arte

wondrus.la — Building bridges between science and art. This is inspired by Maria Popova's work at Brainpickings and, quoting her, it pretends to become a "human-powered engine of interestingness". It is catered for the Spanish speaking crowd.
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Libertopolis | Luis Barrueto

Libertopolis | Luis Barrueto

www.libertopolis.com — Collection of different radio shows with participation from Luis Barrueto: Guatemala's role in the international context, art as means of expression of values, decentralization of political power, migrations, etc.
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Luis Barrueto

Luis Barrueto

City A.M. — Luis Barrueto is a freelance business features writer at City A.
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