Colombia’s Rappi app draws ire of Venezuelan migrant couriers


Riders’ complaints about low pay and precarious conditions have prompted a government probe into the Latin American delivery giant. — Reuters

BOGOTA: Venezuelan migrant Jhonniell Colina crisscrosses the gridlocked streets of Bogota on his motorbike for 12 hours a day to deliver food for Colombia’s Rappi app, but he still barely earns enough to live on.

Colina, who has been delivering take-away meals and groceries for Rappi in the Colombian capital for the past four years, said he made about US$5 per day for doing roughly 13 deliveries.

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