Hacker News with Generative AI: Latin America

For Delivery Workers in Latin America, Affordable E-Bikes Are a Superpower (reasonstobecheerful.world)
In the long run, e-bikes are cheaper than motorbikes. With financing help from start-ups like Guajira, many immigrant workers are making the switch.
Latin America, Transportation, E-Bikes, Sustainability, Economics
104 points by PaulHoule 17 days ago | 119 comments
Colombia's president: Legalize cocaine, it's no worse than whiskey (politico.eu)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said during a government meeting that cocaine is “not worse than whiskey” and that it's only illegal because it comes from Latin America.
Politics, Drug Policy, Colombia, Latin America
13 points by geox 55 days ago | 3 comments
Sand trafficking in Latin America (insightcrime.org)
Just 50 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous beaches, one of the city’s most powerful gangsters found a fortune to be made in sand.
Crime, Latin America, Brazil, Environment
108 points by josh-sematic 56 days ago | 56 comments
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies at age 86 (latintimes.com)
Alberto Fujimori, the former president of Peru who led the country from 1990 to 2000, died on Wednesday at the age of 86, said his family on social media.
Politics, Peru, Obituary, Latin America
31 points by seo-speedwagon 203 days ago | 5 comments
A Uruguayan company teaches people how to turn regular cars into EVs (restofworld.org)
Turning gas-fueled cars into electric ones can be four times cheaper than buying a new EV.Retrofitting, as the practice is known, is gaining traction in Latin America.Citing safety concerns, some countries are calling for regulation and one has completely banned the retrofitting of certain cars.
Electric Vehicles, Automotive, Latin America, Sustainability
229 points by Geekette 203 days ago | 166 comments
Banana giant Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries (bbc.com)
Legal Cases, Corporations, Human Rights, Latin America
579 points by no_exit 295 days ago | 318 comments