<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><div align="justify" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-GB" style="">Dear bigdatasur list members, </span></span></font></div><div align="justify" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-GB" style=""><br></span></span></font></div><div align="justify" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-GB" style="">Two days ago, we lost our dear friend María Elena Meneses Rocha. </span><span style="font-style:normal">Professor at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico, and former president of the Mexican Association of Communication Researchers, Maria was  a journalist, a strenuous defender of communication rights, and an active member of the Big Data from the South network.</span></span></font></div><div align="justify" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div><div align="justify" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt">Our thoughts are with her family in this difficult time. Her work will continue to be a source of inspiration for all of us.</span></font></div><div align="justify" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></font></div><div align="justify" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt">On behalf of the Big Data from the South Research Network</span></font></div><div align="justify" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt">Emiliano, Stefania and Anita </span></font></div><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_defaul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