Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

America is getting more tech hub cities as big firms and workers spill out of Silicon

Valley, and one of the hottest destinations is Austin and Texas. Our correspondent examines

the risks that influx poses to a proudly weird city.

And not all pineapples are alike. The sugar loaf pineapple from Benin has a different shape,

color, and taste, and the West African country can now claim the sugar loaf as its own.

We look at the wider benefits of these simple geographical indications.

Next up though.

This week, Columbia's Constitutional Court voted to decriminalize abortion.

Demonstrators outside the court were ecstatic. It's a big legal change, loosening what

had been extremely strict abortion laws. But it's also a big personal change for thousands

of women who were under threat of prosecution. And more broadly, it's linked to a movement

that has real momentum.

It's incredibly important ruling not just for women in Columbia who've been fighting

for this, but for women across Latin America.

Emma Hogan is the economist's American seditor.

It's the latest win by a group of protesters known as the Green Wave, who have been campaigning

for legal or decriminalized access to abortion across the region. And they've been really,

really important in changing policy.

And so what's it been like for women wanting to get abortions in Columbia before this ruling?

Women in Columbia had only been allowed to get abortions in incredibly limited circumstances.

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