South America

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Arrivedo: The free family adventure across South America

Stephanie Frias, her husband and her two kids are currently living their dream of traveling across South America by car while integrating themselves into the local cultures. They even brought their dog along for the journey!  

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Love in the time of apps

In today’s digital, instant gratification age, there are more ways than ever for humans to find a hookup or fling. But what about love? Peru’s Mi Media Manzana app aimed to bring the possibility of everlasting romance to millions around Latin America when it launched in 2014. The app, which has users in Peru, Colombia,

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Google to launch startup accelerator in three Latin American countries

Google’s investment into Latin American markets continues to amp up, as representatives from the Silicon Valley tech giant announced Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia as three new sites for Google Launchpad, according to a report from Spain’s El País. As part of the Google Launchpad program, selected companies are taken to Silicon Valley for an intensive two-week

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Peruvian startups continue to shine

Peruvian startups set a record for sales in 2017 as the industry continues to be a boon following a push in the right direction from the government. Peru’s Ministry of Production began StartUp Perú in 2012, which helps provide financial assistance to get startups off the ground. Ministry staffers said the project was born out of

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Women in the workplace: Does Latin America need its own #TimesUp movement?

Women empowerment has been the topic of 2017, paving positive changes towards gender equality in the workplace. Sparked by the womens’ march on Washington, and the Hollywood-Weinstein scandal, the #TimesUp movement, has opened up discussions, and actions, in the US over the under-representation, mistreatment and lack of opportunities for females in the workplace. “TIME’S UP is

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South America

China taps into Latin American markets through drones

Chinese-made drones are on the rise in Latin American markets, as the large U.S. drone market continues to focus mainly on buyers within its own borders and those from NATO-affiliated countries. According to defence news site Quwa, Latin America is an emerging market for drone companies that could see widespread competition between manufacturers. “The likes of Brazil,

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Brazil carpooling startup sells to Chinese giant Didi for reported $1 billion

Ride-sharing competition is heating up in Latin America as a major purchase in Brazil should shake up the playing field against Uber. Brazilian startup 99, a ride-hailing app considered a major rival of Uber in Latin America, was recently bought out by Chinese ride-sharing platform Didi Chuxing, which has already pushed Uber out of its

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5 takeaways from Bogota’s Bitcoin and Blockchain conference 2017

This was the 5th installment of the conference in a bid to make cryptocurrency and blockchain mainstream within Colombia. The event was packed with expert speakers along with Colombian government officials. Latin American countries have, in general, not seen bitcoin with the same suspicion as other developing nations around the world (we’re looking at you

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How the Carvajalino sisters conquered Cartagena

The hustle on the Colombian coast is front and center wherever you go from an arepa de huevo on the beach to chocolates on the bus and the Carvajalino sisters are no exception. Raised amongst the ochre coloured houses of Barranquilla and Cartagena.

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Espacio announces new online publication Mi Dinero covering blockchain, fintech, and cryptocurrencies

Espacio incubator today announces their newest Spanish language project, Mi Dinero, a publication dedicated to covering cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, and the Fintech world. The project began to take root mid-2017, in response to the lack of up-to-date, accessible and informative industry news for the emerging topics in Latin America. The publication team is made up of

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