The challenges of Open Government Partnership in Latin America

Blog: Si caigo yo caemos todos, por: Pablo Esperon
“If you see people in neighboring countries with all those rights and tools that improve their poor quality of life, you’re going to ask for them to your government” says Karina Banfi, who is chairman of Regional Alliance, a South American NGOs’ network integrated to OGP. When asked about countries like Venezuela or Argentina that are still reluctant to join OGP or don’t fulfill the requirements she says “Access to information is a human right.» she says It is easy to see the politic cost of denying it. Nowadays, we are more attentive of what goes on in our continent, and events like this [conference] make a great deal on spreading the word in the region they are hosted.”