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2025

Countries are struggling to meet the rising energy demands of data centers

These countries want to be the next big semiconductor hubs

2024

Door-to-door saleswomen are fueling Shein’s rise in Mexico

Mexican TikTokers have code words to report on narco-violence without getting banned

Mexico is pushing for sweeping gig worker rights. Women say it’s not enough

Mexican shoppers say Shein’s and Temu’s delivery partner is stealing their stuff

Why Mexico’s delivery workers are ditching food for packages

Making money as an influencer in Cuba is hard. These dancers found a way

Gig workers on delivery apps rent accounts to get around bans

U.S tech giants are building dozens of data centers in Chile. Locals are fighting back

Meet the Portuguese-speaking African creators making it big in Brazil

Predatory loan apps are thriving in the Google Play store, despite ban

2023

How Shein and TikTok Shop are trying to shake the ‘Made in China’ reputation

Latin American startups embrace OpenAI, but at what cost?

Hotmart, the company teaching influencers how to get rich without going viral

Self-checkout is putting elderly grocery baggers out of work in Mexico

Investors told Latin American startups to bank with SVB. Then it collapsed

Relatives abroad are driving Cuba’s e-commerce boom

2022

Unauthorized Shein boutiques are popping up across Mexico

Musk lays off Twitter Mexico staff. The government rejoices

Oxxo quiere volverse un superbanco

2021

“God help anyone making their living on Facebook”: Why creators are ditching traditional social platforms

YouTube influencers are now launching their own cell phone services in Mexico