Riding with ‘Uncle Diego’: Uber’s wild drive for growth in Chile

A cell phone with the Uber transport technology app, with the destination and its cost to the international airport, is seen inside a car with an Uber driver, in Santiago, Chile, March 15, 2019. Picture taken March 15, 2019. To match Insight UBER-CHILE/ REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

SANTIAGO: The Uber driver pulled up to the international airport outside Chile's capital. As his passenger jumped into his gleaming Suzuki, he glanced around furtively for signs of trouble.

"Working in the airport isn't easy," he told a Reuters reporter, a rosary on the rearview mirror swaying as he raced towards the motorway. "Uber in Chile isn't easy."