News of digital era

Cuba lays groundwork to legalise cryptocurrency transactions

30-08-2021 10:43 Communist government is trying to legalise and regulate the growing use of cryptocurrencies on the island as citizens ramp up transactions to evade state controls.

Death of Diego Maradona

Maradona's daughters deny harassing his ex-lawyer in court testimony

19-08-2021 15:32 Two daughters of Diego Maradona investigated for alleged digital harassment for their messages on social networks against the lawyer Matías Morla in the middle of a dispute over the use of the brand 'Maradona.'

Bloomberg

Argentina’s Ualá valued at US$2.45 billion after financing round

13-08-2021 12:16 Pierpaolo Barbier's Ualá valued at US$2.45 billion in a financing round led by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp and Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings.

FINTECH

Argentina’s Brubank plans push into Colombia, Peru in 2022

12-08-2021 15:12 Argentine digital bank is looking to expand to Colombia and Peru in 2022 after raising more financing at the end of this year.

ECONOMIC TURMOIL

Venezuelans desperately ditching bolivars as inflation bites

10-08-2021 14:02 Venezuela announced Thursday it would knock six zeroes off its currency – the third time in 13 years it has redenominated the bolivar. Faith in physical bank notes is at an all-time low, and people want rid of them.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela to slash six zeroes from its currency

05-08-2021 14:25 Venezuela will slash six zeroes off its inflation-battered currency to make it easier to use, the Central Bank said on Thursday.

spyware scandal

Reports: Private Israeli malware Pegasus used to spy on journalists, activists

19-07-2021 11:46 Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using mobile phone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said over the weekend.

Electoral dirt

Porno-politics and Argentina’s digital rumour mill

19-06-2021 09:57 The rumour mill is working at full speed these days, and don’t expect it to die down – elections are around the corner.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

JOBS & LABOUR

Digital jobs precarious and unstable, Cepal and ILO warn in report

19-06-2021 09:34 In Argentina between four and five out of every six delivery platform workers are immigrants, says new study.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s Ualá to buy billionaire Eurnekian’s digital bank

10-04-2021 08:40 Argentine fintech Ualá reached an agreement to buy local billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian’s digital bank Wilobank, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.

THE WAY WE WORK

City Hall keen to attract digital nomads to Buenos Aires

27-02-2021 08:13 The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rise in so-called ‘digital nomads’ across the world – and the City Government has unveiled a new initiative to tempt them to Buenos Aires.

by Emma Ridden

MEDIA

Latin American newspapers bet on digital subscriptions

26-01-2021 08:52 Latin America's newspapers, affected financially by the migration of readers to the Internet, are betting on subscription modes to secure their future.

DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

Why Perfil is launching a paywall

12-09-2020 09:58 There’s no better time than now for Grupo Perfil to launch a paywall – here’s why we’ve taken that decision.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Coronavirus pandemic

Pandemic may give traditional media a new lease of life

30-03-2020 19:54 The coronavirus pandemic and the need for reliable information has triggered a surge in traditional mainstream media audiences.

DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM

The dystopian digital world

29-02-2020 09:56 Google, Facebook, Amazon and others control both the flow of web traffic– and the flow of dollars. Sitting on both sides of the counter gives them unfair advantage over other players.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

TAX TALKS

France, United States agree to expand discussions on digital tax

21-01-2020 15:32 Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump agree to extend till the end of the year negotiations on a dispute over a French tax targeting online giants, postponing Washington's threat of sanctions.