<story><title>Colombia fines Uber more than $629k for obstructing regulatory visit</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-colombia/colombia-fines-uber-more-than-629000-for-obstructing-regulatory-visit-idUSKCN1V21RO</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>danielpal</author><text>Although most people will read this and think, oh more shenanigans from UBER, the reality is (and as a Colombian I know), that the government has failed for years to regulate this industry, which is regarded by all consumers as incredibly positive, and continuously has fought against this platforms in an effort to keep the taxi mafia content.&lt;p&gt;Yet, taxis in Colombia are incredibly dangerous. As a passenger you are exposed to express kidnappings, drivers that are aggressive, adultered fares systems and drive unsafely in cars that don&amp;#x27;t meet any security guidelines (a large number of passengers have died on rear-collisions given that the most common Bogota taxi has no rear-reinforcement). For decades the taxi mafia&amp;#x27;s have provided an unsafe &amp;amp; horrible service, when Uber &amp;amp; other platforms arrived, users flocked, yet by means of aggressive protests where they pretty much block the city, the taxi&amp;#x27;s have forced some parts of the government to try to curve Uber.&lt;p&gt;Uber however has fought to continue providing the service that the consumers demand, and has otherwise tried to complied with every law. This fine comes from the industry of commerce regulators, who have tried to convince the technology ministry to shut Uber down, with them refusing. I hope Uber continues to operate in Colombia and use their legal means to fight this regulators who are not operating from a consumer benefit standpoint, but rather a political fight to protect a mafia that needs to be dismantled.</text></comment>
<story><title>Colombia fines Uber more than $629k for obstructing regulatory visit</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-colombia/colombia-fines-uber-more-than-629000-for-obstructing-regulatory-visit-idUSKCN1V21RO</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>romaaeterna</author><text>&amp;gt; The country has not specifically regulated transport services like Uber, but has said it will suspend for 25 years the licenses of drivers caught working for the platform.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; The fine from the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce says Uber urges employees not to give information to regulators and to block access to company computers.&lt;p&gt;Call me crazy, but I wonder if they were trying to get a list of drivers, for the purposes of pulling licenses.</text></comment>