Politics played a larger-than-usual role in Latin America’s tech scene last month, either directly or indirectly, for better and for worse. From Obama’s visits to Argentina and Cuba to Uber’s troubles, here’s the news you don’t want to miss: Big players Facebook’s vice president for Latin America Diego Dzodan was briefly arrested in Brazil due to a legal case involving Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Facebook was accused of repeatedly disobeying a court order to help investigators identify a WhatsApp user involved in a drug case; according to the company, it doesn’t have access to such encrypted data, which makes compliance impossible. Dzodan…
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