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RedCLARA - the Latin American Research and Education Network
Latin America
RedCLARA - the Latin American Research and Education Network
The pan-Latin American research and education network, RedCLARA, currently interconnects 13 Latin American National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and provides a 2.5Gbps transatlantic link between Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Madrid (Spain) to the GÉANT network in Europe.
RedCLARA is managed and operated by the RedCLARA non-profit organisation which was originally established in December 2004 as CLARA (Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks).
Click here to view the current RedCLARA topology on the RedCLARA website.
The Latin American NRENs connected to RedCLARA
The 13 Latin American NRENs connected to RedCLARA today are:
| NREN Name | Country | Mbps Connection |
|---|---|---|
| INNOVA|Red | Argentina | connected at 210Mbps |
| RNP | Brazil | connected at 1.45Gbps |
| REUNA | Chile | connected at 1.35Gbps |
| RENATA | Colombia | connected at 300Mbps |
| Red CONARE | Costa Rica | connected at 155Mbps |
| CEDIA | Ecuador | connected at 45Mbps |
| RAICES | El Salvador | connected at 10Mbps |
| RAGIE | Guatemala | connected at 18Mbps |
| CUDI | Mexico | connected at 45Mbps |
| RedCyT | Panama | connected at 10Mbps |
| RAAP | Peru | connected at 14Mbps |
| RAU | Uruguay | connected at 132Mbps |
| REACCIUN | Venezuela | connected at 90Mbps |
ELCIRA - Supporting Interregional Collaboration
RedCLARA leads the EC-funded ELCIRA (Europe Latin America Collaborative e-Infrastructure for Research Activities) which aims to develop e-infrastructure to support academic collaborations between Latin America and Europe. In addition to RedCLARA, the project partners are the NRENs of Brazil (RNP), Colombia (RENATA), Italy (GARR), Spain (RedIRIS) as well as DANTE and TERENA,
To learn more about ELCIRA, visit www.elcira.eu.
European Funding for Latin America
Between 2003 and 2012 the RedCLARA network was partly funded by the European Commission through the ALICE (Latin America Interconnected with Europe) project and its successor, ALICE2. With 18 beneficiary countries in Latin America, the two projects were also partnered by four European NRENs (FCCN in Portugal, GARR in Italy, RENATER in France and RedIRIS in Spain) and DANTE.
Under the ALICE project, managed by DANTE, the first transatlantic connection between Europe and Latin America was established at a speed at 622Mbps with 12 Latin American NRENs connected to the RedCLARA network by the end of the project. Under ALICE2, the first regional project in which DANTE successfully handed the project management and financial responsibilities to a regional partner organisation, the capacity of the transatlantic link was increased to 2.5Gbps.
In addition to the focus on connectivity, ALICE2 promoted the connection of more Latin American countries to the RedCLARA network as well as the creation and maintenance of research communities working on development-related themes (UN –Millennium Development Goals– MDG) and put forward by the EC’s FP7 programme.
To learn more, visit the RedCLARA website.
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