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Bolivians turn to Starlink smuggling amid slow internet and limited coverage

TechSpot

In a world increasingly reliant on high-speed internet, Bolivia finds itself at a crossroads. The South American nation, known for its diverse landscapes and rich cultural heritage, is grappling with a significant technological challenge: providing reliable and fast internet access to its population of 12 million. Read Entire Article

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Flourish, a startup that aims to help banks engage and retain customers, raises $1.5M

TechCrunch

Bolivia and Brazil, Flourish has developed a solution that features three main modules: . based credit unions, Sicoob (Brazil’s largest credit union) and BancoSol in Bolivia. . With clients in the U.S., A rewards engine designed to incentivize users to save or invest money. Flourish has piloted or licensed its solution to U.S.-based

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DeltaX wants to digitize the Andean region’s trucking sector

TechCrunch

Transportation startup DeltaX is accelerating its plans to digitize the trucking industry in its native Bolivia and beyond thanks to a recent $1 million seed round. Millions of tons of cargo are transported each year via the Pan-American Highway and its branches across Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay.

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Yummy’s super-sized round helps grow its delivery, ride-sharing super app in LatAm

TechCrunch

The company has also moved on from its initial markets of Venezuela and Bolivia and into Peru and Panama, Zavarce told TechCrunch. With the new capital, Yummy plans to invest in product development, increasing density within its current categories and expanding coverage in its more mature markets, including Venezuela and Bolivia.

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HBO Max will launch internationally in June

The Verge

Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St.

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Dear Sophie: I came on a B-1 visa, then COVID-19 happened. How can I stay?

TechCrunch

market for expanding the startup I co-founded in Bolivia a few years ago. without having to return to Bolivia. Dear Sophie: I’m currently in the U.S. on a business visitor visa. I arrived here in early March just before the COVID-19 pandemic began here to scope out the U.S. I had only planned to stay a couple months, but got stuck.

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Yummy raises $4M, aims to be ‘super app of Venezuela’

TechCrunch

He also expects to be in Ecuador and Bolivia by the end of the year. Plans for the new funding include user acquisition — the company has close to 200,000 registered users already — and to expand in Peru and Chile by August. At the same time, Zavarce will spend some of that capital to attract more users across Venezuela.

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