Toronto Latino was founded in 1985; a time when Latino businesses in Toronto were very scarce and the idea of Latinos owning their own business seemed unimaginable. We were mostly all still workers and labourers in our small, yet growing, community.
The idea was born after seeing an ad in a New York Latino newspaper where a new company called Ría Envía was offering an innovative and unique money transfer service to all of Latin America with arrival times within 24- 48 hours…