LABOR Informal employment. On January 16, ILO published the report “World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023” in which it highlights the slowdown of economic growth + info

NUTRITION Healthy diet. On January 18, FAO, together with WHO/PAHO, published the report “Regional overview of food and nutrition security – Latin America and the Caribbean + info

BUSINESS Global income tax. On January 18, the OECD made a presentation on the review of the economic impact of the global reform that places a + info

NUTRITION Front-of-package food labeling. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a report entitled “Front-of-pack nutrition labeling (FOPWL) in Latin America and + info

NUTRITION Food security. On December 6, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) + info

SUSTAINABILITY Single-Use Plastics. From November 28 to December 2, the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution held in Uruguay the first negotiations for the creation + info

LABOR Digital platforms. On October 14 was held in Switzerland the meeting of experts of the International Labor Organization (ILO) on “decent work in the platform + info

NUTRITION Trans fats. At the end of September, during the 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the progress of + info

SUSTAINABILITY Food waste. On September 29, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) held an event + info

SUSTAINABILITY Plastics. In late August, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and the Dominican Republic, along with 16 other countries, launched the High Ambition Coalition to end + info

NUTRITION Food systems. In events held on the sidelines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, different international organizations analyzed the + info

Labor rights. On September 1, the International Labor Organization (ILO) presented a technical note on the mid-term labor outlook 2022 in Latin America and the Caribbean. + info

COLOMBIA On June 2, the Colombian Securities Market Self-Regulator published in public consultation a guide of recommendations oriented to the fulfillment of the duties of intermediaries + info

PANAMA On March 16, President Laurentino Cortizo signed an Executive Decree which regulates the procedure for purchases in case of “critical shortage of medicines or pharmaceutical + info

PANAMA El 16 de marzo el presidente Laurentino Cortizo firmó un Decreto Ejecutivo que reglamenta el procedimiento de compras en caso de “desabastecimiento crítico de medicamentos + info

COSTA RICA On March 17, the International Relations Committee of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica approved 12 of the 13 amendments proposed to file 22280 + info

COSTA RICA  El 17 de marzo la Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales de la Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica aprobó 12 de las 13 modificaciones propuestas al + info

COLOMBIA On March 11, the Ministry of Health published Decree 335 which establishes the procedure for manufacturers of biological, biotechnological and chemical synthesis drugs to obtain + info