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          "Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:ES" lang="ES">FRIDA
          apoya 17 proyectos para la
          estabilidad, seguridad y acceso a Internet en la región </span></b></p>
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        style="font-size:14.0pt;
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        lang="ES">El Fondo para el
        Fortalecimiento de Internet en América Latina y el Caribe
        (FRIDA) de LACNIC
        anuncia los 17 proyectos ganadores de su convocatoria anual de
        financiamiento
        para apoyar la consolidación de una Internet global, abierta,
        estable y segura
        en la región. </span></p>
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        lang="ES">Los fondos para apoyar a
        los ganadores llegan este año a 388 mil dólares y se distribuyen
        en un premio y
        cuatro a cinco subvenciones en cada una de las tres categorías
        de la
        convocatoria: Estabilidad y Seguridad de Internet; Internet
        Abierta y Libre; y
        Acceso a Internet.</span></p>
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        lang="ES">El llamado 2020 puso
        especial énfasis en el apoyo a proyectos técnicos vinculados a
        la comunidad de
        la región y a operadores de Internet, alineados con la misión de
        LACNIC.</span></p>
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        lang="ES">Continuar leyendo <a href="https://bit.ly/31qyEKy">aquí.</a></span></p>
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          style="font-size:
          14.0pt;mso-ansi-language:ES" lang="ES"> </span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
      style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
      12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><b><span
          style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
          "Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
          New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
          ES" lang="ES">FRIDA apoia 17 projetos para a estabilidade,
          segurança e acesso à Internet
          na região </span></b><b><span
          style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
          mso-ansi-language:ES" lang="ES"></span></b></p>
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      style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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        style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
        New Roman";
        mso-ansi-language:ES" lang="ES">O Fundo para o Fortalecimento da
        Internet na América
        Latina e o Caribe (FRIDA) do LACNIC anuncia os 17 projetos
        vencedores de sua
        chamada anual de financiamento para apoiar a consolidação de uma
        Internet
        global, aberta, estável e segura na região. </span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:ES"
        lang="ES"></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
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        mso-ansi-language:ES" lang="ES">Os fundos para apoiar os
        vencedores deste ano atingem os
        388 mil dólares e são distribuídos em um prêmio e de quatro a
        cinco subsídios
        em cada uma das três categorias do edital: Estabilidade e
        Segurança da
        Internet; Internet Aberta e Livre; e Acesso à Internet.</span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:ES"
        lang="ES"></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
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        mso-ansi-language:ES" lang="ES">A chamada 2020 deu ênfase
        especial ao apoio a projetos
        técnicos vinculados à comunidade da região e a operadores da
        Internet,
        alinhados </span><span
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        mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-ansi-language:PT-BR" lang="PT-BR">com a missão
        do
        LACNIC.</span><span
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        mso-ansi-language:PT-BR" lang="PT-BR"></span></p>
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        14.0pt;mso-ansi-language:PT-BR" lang="PT-BR">Continuar lendo <a
          href="https://bit.ly/3hoHcal">aqui</a>.</span></p>
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style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
          New Roman";mso-ansi-language:PT-BR" lang="PT-BR">FRIDA
          Supports 17 Projects for
          Internet Access, Stability and Security in the Region </span></b><b><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:
          PT-BR" lang="PT-BR"></span></b></p>
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14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
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        mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">FRIDA, LACNIC's Regional
        Fund for Strengthening the
        Internet in Latin America and the Caribbean, has announced the
        seventeen
        winners of its annual call for projects to support the
        consolidation of a
        global, open, stable and secure Internet in the region. </span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:
        EN-US" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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        mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">This year, the winners
        will receive a total of 388,000
        US dollars, which will be distributed among one award and four
        grants in each
        of the three categories included in the call for proposals:
        Internet Stability
        and Security, Open and Free Internet, and Internet Access.</span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:
        EN-US" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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        mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">This year’s call placed
        special emphasis on supporting
        technical projects relating to the regional community and
        Internet operators
        and which were in line with the mission of LACNIC.</span><span
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          href="https://bit.ly/2Qk5Cpl">here.</a></span></p>
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LACNIC

<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.lacnic.net">www.lacnic.net</a>
Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry</pre>
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