Bicimáquinas (Bicycle Machines)

Bicimáquinas (Bicycle Machines)

Carlos Marroquín has always been an inventor. But he wasn’t putting that talent to much use in his native Guatemala until he saw a rare sight on the road that stopped him in his tracks: bicycles. That turning point led Carlos to transform the lives of many farmers and towns through his bicycle-inspired inventions, or as he calls them, bicimáquinas.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3GdeQeB.

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