Anti-Uber protests flare in Argentina as ride-hailing app prepares IPO


  • TECH
  • Friday, 12 Apr 2019

An Uber cardboard coffin is seen on the roof of a taxi during a protest against Uber Technologies, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES: Thousands of taxi drivers snarled traffic in the centre of Buenos Aires on April 11 to protest the threat to their business from Uber, in the latest reminder of the headaches the ride-hailing platform faces worldwide as it prepares to go public.

With blaring horns, members of Argentina's powerful taxi unions drove their yellow-and-black cabs or marched through the capital at the start of a planned two days of protests.

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