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04-Jul-19 Latin America is prone to complex legislation and heightened regulation, particularly in the financial sector, and this has created a suitable setup for the blossoming of legaltechs and regtechs – companies providing solutions to help enterprises stay in compliance. [image: BNamericas]
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06-Jun-19 Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing platform, is entering Chile and Colombia as it eyes overseas expansion amid stiffer competition at home. The move follows its foray in to Brazil, Mexico, Australia and Japan over the past year or so.
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20-Feb-19 Millicom, a cable and mobile operator in Latin America and Africa, has bought the mobile telecom assets of Spain’s Telefonica in Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, for USD1.65 bn. In Jan-19 Telefonica sold its Guatemalan and El Salvadoran operations. [image: Reuters]
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08-Jan-19 With growing emphasis on telecommunications, Chinese investment is increasingly the primary fuel behind Latin America’s tech boom. Beijing wants deals with countries that are resource-rich and have growing consumer demand, such as Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Brazil. [image: Nelson Ching / Bloomberg]
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15-Jun-18 Colombia’s nascent medical marijuana industry looks set to boom. In Jan-18, the International Narcotics Control Board allotted Colombia a 40.5 tonne marijuana production quota, the largest in the world and 44% of the total.
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