It basically boils down to Uber considering themselves a tech company while Colombian law sees them as a transportation company that must obtain licenses and oblige to regulations around ride fees and such.

More detailed article in Spanish https://www.eltiempo.com/tecnosfera/apps/taxistas-demandaran...

They tried the same trick as anywhere else, then. And it is unsurprising that they failed.

We will see. To me what Uber is currently doing smells a bit like a PR stunt. Especially with all the appeal to emotion in their communication to the users and trying to get them riled up on social media.

e.g. https://twitter.com/Uber_Col/status/1215681583253991424

All while, their appeal to the order from December is still pending a decision from a higher court.

The judge ordered them to stop operating.

Did they? I honestly don't know since I don't use them.

To my knowledge the ruling to stop was mid December and the decision of the higher instance is expected within weeks.

I'm no longer sure. I'm looking at this passage:

"Así lo cree Nicolás Alviar, el abogado representante del icónico caso contra Uber ante la Super Intendencia de Industria y Comercio, que en primera instancia ordenó el cese de operaciones de la aplicación de movilidad compartida en Colombia."

Either that says the Super Intendencia ordered the service shut down, or it says that Alviar (the lawyer playing offense) caused it to happen.

https://www.eltiempo.com/tecnosfera/apps/taxistas-demandaran...

I think I agree with the Colombian judge then, but I live in a country where Uber is regulated just like any other taxi company.