“Innovation does not have to be politicized”

How are Myanmar (Burma), Bhutan, Vanuatu, Burundi and Uruguay alike? In which they make up a handful of countries that have not yet joined the International Patent Treaty. And that affects the international status of our country, says Carlos Mazal categorically, current senior international consultant on Sustainable Development, but until a few months ago director of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), for Latin America and the Caribbean.