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SULCA AQUIJE, Gloria Maribel  y  CHOCOBAR REYES, Emilio José. Challenges and Limitations of Digital Citizenship in Latin America. Revista Docentes 2.0 [online]. 2026, vol.19, n.1, pp.222-238.  Epub 29-Mayo-2026. ISSN 2665-0266.  https://doi.org/10.37843/rted.v19i1.772.

The concept of digital citizenship is fundamental in today’s technological age and refers to the set of competencies, attitudes, and practices that enable people to participate ethically, critically, safely, and responsibly in contemporary digital environments. The objective of the research was to identify the main challenges and limitations of digital citizenship in Latin America during the 2021–2025 period. The methodology consisted of a systematic review under the PRISMA 2020 protocol. The study followed the pragmatic paradigm, the systematic method, a mixed approach, a narrative-thematic design, and a documentary, bibliographic-analytical, cross-sectional type. The researchers conducted systematic searches in the academic databases Scopus, ScienceDirect, SciELO, ScienceOpen, Wiley, and Redalyc through specifically defined keywords. After the application of rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria, the study selected 34 articles from an initial set of 179 manuscripts. The main results identified eight categories of challenges and seven categories of limitations, with particular emphasis on the digitalization gap, deficient digital skills, new ethical challenges, exclusion of vulnerable groups, critical gaps in technological infrastructure, unequal internet access, and persistent socioeconomic inequality. The conclusions reveal that the digitalization gap constitutes the most significant and structural obstacle, which demonstrates the urgent need to implement comprehensive and sustainable public policies that effectively reduce technological inequalities and guarantee truly inclusive and responsible digital citizenship throughout the Latin American region.

Palabras clave : Challenges; limitations; digital citizenship; Latin America..

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