Argentine companies, especially a new breed of start-ups that export high-technology services, are finding in bitcoin a solution to government controls that limit most access to American dollars and to a parallel market with an unfavorable exchange rate, said Lisa Besserman, founder and CEO of Startup Buenos Aires. Read More »

The South American Business Forum, an organization that for a decade has organized conferences for students in Argentina, has placed its hopes on younger people from the region planting the seeds of what will become solutions for Latin American woes. Read More »

Latin America´s common culture and its plentiful natural resources are advantages the region offers entrepreneurs, but even challenges faced by the region can fuel the expansion of new business models, said Torsten Kolind, CEO of YouNoodle, a company built to help start-ups grow. Read More »

Tam Linhas Aereas, the Brazilian airline owned by the Chilean-Brazilian Grupo Latam, will cut operations in Brazil between 8 percent and 10 percent as it faces adverse local conditions which include projections for economic contraction in addition to rising inflation and a weakening local currency. Read More »

Cex.io, which describes itself as a ´cryptocurrency´ exchange trusted by 450,000 users, and Astropay, a provider of prepaid cards for online use with an expanding presence in emerging markets, have teamed up to provide bitcoin in seven countries in Latin America, Cex.io officials said on Monday. Read More »