Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages (i.e. , those derived from Latin) – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km (7,880,000 sq mi), almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area. As of 2010, its population was estimated at more than 590 million and its combined GDP at 5.16 trillion United States dollars (6.27 trillion at PPP).
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Southeast Asia and Latin America’s startup ecosystems are more similar than you think
Latin America’s under-invested startup ecosystem is poised to grow, it emulates Asia where a handful of companies can gain ...
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Tech in Latin America: An entrepreneur’s guide to June’s startup news
As Latin America braces for another wave of coronavirus infections that threaten to bring down healthcare systems, the region’s ...
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Here's how Facebook found disinformation networks tied to Bolsonaro and Roger Stone
Facebook has taken down four disinformation networks focused on domestic politics. Here's how they operated, according to ...
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Uber officially launches its grocery delivery service
I never appreciated food delivery services and workers as much as I did during the outset of the pandemic, but now there ...
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Tech in Latin America: An entrepreneur’s guide to April’s startup news
It’s been nearly four years since influential French journalist and startup founder Anna Heim published her last “Tech ...
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Facebook launches gaming app in the US to take on Twitch and YouTube
Facebook can't seem to help trying to infiltrate every possible iteration of social media, and since its acquisition of Oculus, ...
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Crypto Capital boss nabbed after allegedly laundering $390M
The head of payment processor Crypto Capital has reportedly been arrested by Polish authorities on money laundering charges. ...
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Fake Facebook accounts are influencing African elections
Facebook has issued a statement on how it removed fake accounts originating from Israel that ran Facebook Pages, Groups ...
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Coinbase expands cryptocurrency trading services across 11 new markets
Coinbase, one of the longest serving exchanges in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, is expanding its services across Latin America ...
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US accelerators are embracing Latin American startups — and it’s paying off
Before 2011, three of the top accelerators in the US, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Techstars, didn’t accept a single ...
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Track down the world’s cheapest Apple products with this super simple site
If you've ever wanted to know how much different Apple products across the world cost, now you can – all thanks to the ...
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Deep dive into Latin America's last-mile delivery startups
The last-mile delivery apps servicing the $2 trillion USD e-commerce market has global attention. Delivering products, groceries, ...
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Latin America joins EU in considering a new digital tax
Mexico and Chile, Uruguay, Peru, and Argentina are the current Latin American countries who are considering the EU Digital ...
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This Peruvian app is the Waze of preventing street crime
A Peruivan app is helping tackle its street crime issue. Reach, markets itself as a Waze for street crime alerts users through ...
