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Chile’s ride-hailing legislation moves forward, Uber isn’t happy

Contxto – In Chile, the Senate’s Commission on Transportation moved the country’s “Uber Bill,” as it’s commonly referred to, along...

February 1, 2020

iFood wins its day in court and what it means for other startups

Contxto – The court has spoken and the verdict is in! A Labor Court in Brazil has determined that Brazilian...

January 30, 2020

Woot P-400T! First Mexican designed and built military aircraft boosts poor southern state

Contxto – Mexico has just witnessed the creation of a purely Mexican-manufactured military-grade airplane—the Pegasus P-400T V3. This means that...

January 23, 2020

Colombian fintech, Alegra, crowdsources ~US$75,000 through stock exchange half-way house 

Contxto – Stop your timers! We have a winner. It has been barely just 58 days from the November 20...

January 22, 2020

Argentina’s government is honing in on fintechs

Contxto – The government in Buenos Aires is pulling in the reins for fintechs in Argentina. Specifically, it’s instructed these...

January 21, 2020

Peru’s Ojo Vial app crowdsources infractions for naughty drivers

Contxto – It has been a good start of the week for eye-based tech enthusiasts.  In Las Vegas, the show...

January 20, 2020

Startup ContratistaVisible combats corruption with platform in Panama

Contxto – Latin America’s public sector is in dire need of a serious touch of technology for more transparency. And...

January 14, 2020

Uber strikes back. Colombia’s ban of the ride-hailing app to be appealed

Contxto – The saga continues. And like a Disney-backed, spinoff-sequel, the questionable decisions are starting to pile up. You remember...

January 9, 2020

Chile’s construction cloud-software startup, Calidad Cloud, becomes a regional player in spite of dark clouds ahead

Contxto – Like an asteroid looming ominously in the distance, it is weird to think that a regional economic slowdown...

January 9, 2020

Innóvate Perú tags US$19 million for its startup ecosystem in 2020

Contxto – The government of Peru has an initial PEN$63 million (nearly US$19 million) set to stimulate its startup scene....

January 9, 2020