Criptopunks and Latin America: from technological sovereignty to the era of the leaks

  • Bernardo Gutiérrez González FuturaMedia.net / codigo-abierto.cc
Keywords: Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Edward Snowden, progressive Governments, hackers.

Abstract

The emergence of Wikileaks in the world strengthened the historical geopolitical link between Latin American governments and global hackers. In addition, it was a turning point in the imaginary and the method of historical Latin American struggles: leaks and cryptography renewed the wheel of technological sovereignty. Edward Snowden's revelations, occurred in June 2013, led to an acceleration of the idyll of criptopunks and global hackers with Latin American governments and were deeply influential in the aproval of Brazilian Marco Civil. This study attempts to review the relationship between criptopunks and global hackers and Latin America, especially with the progressive governments. We performed a study of data to see the impact of conversations that linked Snowden and Brazil Civil Marco during 2013 and 2014.

Author Biography

Bernardo Gutiérrez González, FuturaMedia.net / codigo-abierto.cc

Periodista, escritor e investigador hispano-brasileño residente en São Paulo. Escribe e investiga sobre movimientos sociales, procesos tecnopolíticos y las revueltas interconectadas que sacuden al mundo desde la Primavera Árabe.Ha dirigido la investigación #tecnopolíticaLATAM para OXFAM, sobre procesos en red y nuevos procesos sociales en América Latina. Sobre Brasil ha publicado el libros Calle Amazonas (Altaïr, 2010), colaborado en libros colectivos como 'Amanhã vai ser maior' (Anna Blume, 2014) o sido uno de los editores de 'JUNHO: potência das ruas e das redes' (Friedrich Ebert Siftung, 2014).

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Published
2015-12-04
How to Cite
González, B. G. (2015). Criptopunks and Latin America: from technological sovereignty to the era of the leaks. Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital Y Movimientos Sociales, 12(3), 549-576. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_TK.2015.v12.n3.49852