# The potential to empower disenfranchised communities in Latin America using Ethereum

DevFeed: [The potential to empower disenfranchised communities in Latin America using Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-potential-to-empower-disenfranchised-communities-in-latin-america-using-ethereum-17050.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2023/02/06/empower-latam-ethereum-fellows>)

Author: Marcus AM

Published: 2023-02-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [innovation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/innovation.md>), [next-billion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-billion.md>), [solar](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/solar.md>)

## AI overview

An Ethereum Foundation fellow from Guatemala reflects on efforts to improve life in the Puntarenas community through healthcare, education, housing, water, energy, and other infrastructure. The article presents this experience as context for considering how Ethereum could help empower disenfranchised communities in Latin America, although the supplied excerpt does not describe a specific Ethereum implementation.

## Source excerpt

The following is an update from Ethereum Foundation Fellow Marcus AM. Hola 👋, my name is Marcus and I'm a researcher and builder from Guatemala, and an EF Fellow. An optimist at heart, I'm driven by leveraging social, cultural and technological innovation to build better societies - a conviction...