LatAm UnBoxed

LatAm Unboxed is your quick, no-fluff dive into the logistics and industry trends shaping Latin America. In under 10 minutes, we provide authentic insights from regional experts, cutting through the media noise to highlight what’s really happening on the ground. Fast, fresh, and focused—your go-to source for staying ahead in LatAm powered by Americas Market Intelligence.

LatAm UnBoxed is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts LatAm UnBoxed, a business show with 15 episodes published.

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  Episode #15

  AI Will Commoditize Everything Except These 2 Things, with Patrick Mork

  Sep 24, 202622 minS1

  <p>A logistics company can make 99 deliveries on time. Customers will remember the one that arrives late.</p><p>In this episode of LatAm Unboxed, Diego Rodríguez speaks with Patrick Mork, a keynote speaker and executive advisor who mentors founders and CEOs in the US and Latin America, including the founder of Chilean last-mile startup Beetrack.</p><p>Patrick explains why founders who know why they are building their company are more likely to finish the job, why cutting leadership development during tough times backfires, and how logistics companies can build trust by planning for failure and owning their m...

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  Episode #14

  Why Speed Stopped Being the Point in LatAm Last-Mile Delivery

  Jul 22, 202618 minS1

  <p>The company is named after 99-minute delivery. Today, less than 1% of its shipments arrive that fast. That is a deliberate choice.</p><p>In this episode of LatAm Unboxed, Diego Rodríguez speaks with Santiago Saviñón, Chief Growth Officer at 99minutos, a last-mile delivery company born in Mexico that added fulfillment, freight, cross-border parcels, and tailor-made operations, and now runs in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, with Argentina next.</p><p>Santiago explains what operating a logistics business in Latin America teaches that no MBA case study can, why quick commerce lost favor with customers, how Shein and Tem...

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  Episode #13

  Where Can AI Create Measurable ROI in Latin America's Logistics?

  Jul 14, 202616 minS1

  <p>AI adoption feels urgent. But excitement is not a return-on-investment calculation. </p><p>In this episode of LatAm Unboxed, Diego Rodríguez speaks with Nabil Malouli, a logistics veteran turned AI advisor who works with enterprise clients deploying agentic and physical AI. </p><p>The conversation unpacks where AI is already creating measurable value in Latin American logistics, why generative AI draws more hype than it delivers in returns, and the simple company-department-task framework Nabil uses to price any automation decision before a company commits to it, including the rising cost of AI itself that most companies forget to fac...

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  Episode #12

  With Cross-Border Shipping to Mexico, Faster Is Not Better. Smarter Is.

  Jun 25, 202619 minS1

  <p>Speed may feel like safety. But in cross-border shipping to Mexico, it often just means paying more for confidence you haven't earned yet.</p><p>In this episode of LatAm Unboxed, Diego Rodríguez speaks with Leslie Foxhoven, Latin America Executive Director at Asendia and a 35-year veteran of international parcel networks and e-commerce logistics, about why most US brands shipping to Mexico are not executing a strategy — they are managing anxiety.</p><p>The conversation unpacks why brands instinctively default to either cheap postal or expensive express, how both choices quietly erode margin or customer experience, and what a s...

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  Episode #11

  What Cartels Know about Cargo that Brands Ignore During the World Cup

  Jun 11, 202615 minS1

  <p>The World Cup may bring packed stadiums, global attention, and a security push across Mexico.</p><p>But the bigger risk may sit outside the stadium gates.</p><p>In this episode of LatAm Unboxed, Diego Rodríguez speaks with Chris Dalby, senior analyst at Dyami Security Intelligence and Director of World of Crime, about how cartels can exploit cargo flows, suppliers, ports, customs data, trucking networks, and local businesses during major events like the World Cup — not always through visible violence, but through deep logistical control.</p>

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