COLOMBIA The Financial Regulation Unit (URF) published on May 13 a document with the main aspects of the Regulatory Agenda 2021, updated as of March. The + info

MEXICO On May 12, the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) published two circulars on financial transactions in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF, in Spanish). The + info

BRAZIL On May 12, the Tax Reform Joint Committee approved the final report presented by Aguinaldo Ribeiro (PP) with proposals for significant modifications to the tax + info

COLOMBIA On May 13, the Financial Superintendency of Colombia (SFC, in Spanish), through Circular No. 009, published instructions regarding the authorization regimes for capital investments of + info

ECUADOR President-elect Guillermo Lasso (CREO-PSC) announced on May 13 that he is appointing Simón Cueva Armijos as the new Minister of Economy and Finance, thus replacing + info

ARGENTINA On May 12, the Senate’s Constitutional Affairs and Health committees approved the bill on sanitary restrictions, which defines epidemiological zones and indicates which activities must + info

ECUADOR On May 13, the plenary of the National Assembly approved, with 118 votes in favor, the draft Organic Law on Personal Data introduced by the + info

ARGENTINA On May 13, the meeting of the Constitutional Affairs Committee ended, in which they unanimously approved the bill that postpones the primary elections to September + info

MEXICO On May 12, the Open Parliament organised by the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF in Spanish) along with the Transparency and Anti-Corruption Committee of the Chamber + info

PERU On May 13, the Peruvian Congress enacted the law that empowers members of the Private Pension Fund Management System (AFP) to voluntarily withdraw up to + info

VENEZUELA On May 12, the Finance Sub-Committee of the National Assembly and the National Superintendency of Securities (Sunaval, in Spanish) met to analyze the functioning of + info

PERU On May 12, the Peruvian Central Bank published a circular on credit portfolio reporting operations guaranteed by the Peruvian government and represented in securities. Meanwhile, + info

MEXICO On May 3, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP, in Spanish) published in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF, in Spanish) the + info

BRAZIL On May 4, the Temporary Joint Committee on Tax Reform held a meeting today. At the session, the Committee’s Rapporteur, Aginaldo Ribeiro (PP), presented the + info

VENEZUELA On April 30, the Executive Branch published the Official Gazette corresponding to April 26, which contains the Rules for the Management of Risks related to + info

VENEZUELA The Economy, Finance and National Development Committee of the National Assembly is currently drafting an Electronic Commerce Law. According to the president of the Committee, + info

MEXICO On April 29, the Senate approved the bill to include digital documents governed by electronic commerce, as well as electronic signatures, as acts and operations + info

ECUADOR On May 3 the Executive Branch enacted the law that modifies the Organic Monetary and Financial Code to ensure the Defense of the Dollarization. The + info