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Mexico wants internet access for all. Getting everyone online could reduce poverty, too

  • Written by Jack J. Barry, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Connecticut
Mexicans surf the web at a 'digital village' in Mexico City in 2015, part of the country's effort to get all citizens online.AP Photo/Sofia Jaramillo

The internet has been a right in Mexico since the nation’s Constitution was amended in 2013 to guarantee universal online access.

Yet just 47 percent of households there reported having internet...

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