A América Latina Uberizada: as Plataformas Digitais de Trabalho Aprofundam a Dependência da Região?

The present work aimed to analyze the phenomenon of the uberization of work in Latin America, based on the cases of the companies Uber and 99, from the perspective of the Marxist theory of dependence by Ruy Mauro Marini. To do so, it was based on the assumption that capitalist development in Latin America has its own characteristics, which differ from those found in the world center. Thus, the categories of analysis used in the research were overexploitation of the workforce and economic dependence, based on Marini’s theory of dependence. Therefore, following the hypothetical-deductive method of approach, the descriptive--explanatory objective analysis, and using the bibliographic procedure technique, it was concluded that the overexploitation of the workforce and the dependency condition in Latin America are deepened by platform capitalism.