[Inglés] By Mor Rubinstein. What is the connection of communities to innovation? Looking in the dictionary, one will find at least 10 different definitions to the word community. In the case of open government data, this definition might apply: “The condition of sharing or having certain attitudes and interests in common.” All of the people we spoke to have one common obvious interest: open data. However, during our research, we found that different stakeholders in this community usually also believe in social change, and see open government data as a tool, and not a mean, for that change. In all countries – Chile, Argentina and Uruguay – we found people who believe that they can make society better by contributing to it. However, when it comes to Latin America, we can’t avoid the geographical context, which suggests that we apply another definition to the word community: “a particular area or place considered together with its inhabitants.” We found that as a continent, Latin America has a unique community spirit, with important wider implications. Firstly, there is a close network of individuals and organisations who cooperate with one another on a daily basis. For example, there is a Whatsapp group which connects different members of the community and has members from multiple Latin America countries. Secondly, unlike other regions in the world, the Latin American open data community predominantly speaks one language, Spanish (with the major exception of Brazil). This helps to create a more comfortable environment for collaboration in a native language, allowing ideas to spread quickly. Thirdly, there are also personal connections. Most of our interviewees mentioned that they see other members in the network not only as their colleagues, but also as their friends. The impression that came out of the interviews is that this network is supportive and allows different members of the network not only to share ideas, but also to try and implement them by providing mentorship and sometimes even financial support. – See more at: http://innovation.okfn.org/#sthash.k9Q7BlPI.dpuf