Ping, a new freelancer-focused neobank, raised $15 million in a seed round as it plans to expand its focus from Latin America to new regions. Firms including Y Combinator, Race Capital, BlockTow...
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China’s Financial Footprint Deepens In Latin America
In the last two weeks, Mexico accounted for nearly half of all of China’s Belt and Road Initiative … [+] investments. China is making deeper inroads into Latin America via corporate brands...
Kate Del Castillo On Representation, El Chapo And La Reina Del Sur 3
Kate del Castillo returns as Teresa Mendoza on Telemundo beginning October 18th. Antonio Gil Kate del Castillo started her acting career 30 years ago in Mexican telenovelas like Muchachitas. In 2007, ...
Paraguay’s president vetoes proposed crypto industry regulation
Paraguay’s president vetoed a bill that would regulate commercial activities related to digital assets, including crypto mining. President Mario Abdo Benítez voted down the bill in full, according to...
Kaszek Ventures eyes more Latam digital assets after Bitso, Nubank
Kaszek Ventures, one of Latin America’s most active venture capital firms, recently invested in an unnamed DeFi and crypto banking solutions company and is eyeing more digital asset investments. Manag...
How This Mexico-Based Used-Car Seller Became The Most Valuable Startup In Latin America
Used-car sales unicorn Kavak is expanding to Chile, Colombia, Peru and Turkey, espousing transparency and efficiency in the fragmented used-car market. Founder and CEO Carlos García Ottati explains ho...
Sony Pictures LatAm Adds Ex Telemundo Exec Francisco Rivera In Leadership Restructuring
L to R: Francisco Rivera, Selina Nederhand and Luis Sabal. Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Latin America today announced changes in its top executive team that includes a new c...
The Quickly Changing Landscape Of Latin American Aviation
LATAM is one of two large, pan-Latin airline groups. This region of the world has seen significant … [+] change and improvement over the last 10 years. getty More than half of the people in the ...
The Weather Channel En Español Makes Its Debut
L to R: Abel Hernández, Milmar Ramírez, Henry Golac, Jessica Fernández and Lorena Lim and Albert … [+] Martínez. The Weather Channel After a two-year pandemic delay and months of planning, the W...
COVID-19 and Its Impact on the Latin American Retail Forex Landscape
Latin America is a region of interest for many retail forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different ...
Investors Are Eyeing Coca-Cola After A Blowout Quarterly Earnings Report
Getty Images Key Takeaways During the Coca-Cola earnings call on Monday, the beverage company reported quarterly numbers that topped expectations Net revenues grew 16% to $10.5 billion, while per-shar...
Guava Takes Foodies On A ‘Travel Through Taste’ To Latin America
Aromatic and pungent, the succulent fuchsia of her flesh when she is ready to be enjoyed, clad in variations of lime green, bright yellow and white tones, reminiscent of the vivid colors of the region...
Opportunity Or A Fool’s Errand?
Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar Bolivian President Evo Morales (R) receives from Mining Minister Roberto Echazu, the first … [+] laboratory samples of lithium carbonate, a compound used in med...