Uber Calls for Emergency Decree as It Faces Exit From Colombia
- Ride-hailing service to leave after regulator’s ruling
- Executive says the country risks alienating tech investors
A woman checks her Uber app in Bogota, Colombia.
Photographer: Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images
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Uber Technologies Inc. is calling on the Colombian government to enact emergency regulations to allow it to keep its ride-hailing service operating after a local regulator ruled the company wasn’t competing fairly.
Uber is asking President Ivan Duque’s administration to put in place an emergency decree to set temporary rules for ride-hailing services, said Justin Kintz, the company’s vice president for global public policy. If not, the company will end its service as of Feb. 1, making Colombia the first Latin American country that has forced it to leave.