VENEZUELA On November 25 Venezuelan Vice President and Minister of Finance, Delcy Rodríguez, announced a series of economic measures aimed at containing the depreciation of the + info

VENEZUELA On November 23, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that the country is to be under nationwide lockdown until November 30, as indicated in the “7+7” + info

VENEZUELA Amidst rumors about a new plan to formalize dollar transactions in the country, on November 20 the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV, in Spanish) issued + info

PERU On November 23, the Budget Committee approved the opinion required to pass the draft Budget of the public sector for fiscal year 2021. The initiative + info

PERU On November 23, the Executive issued Supreme Decree No. 349 adopting the external and/or internal issuance of bonds for USD 4 billion and issued provisions + info

COLOMBIA On November 25, the National Tax and Customs Administration (DIAN, in Spanish) published a resolution establishing the requirements, causes and procedures to grant or withdraw + info

COLOMBIA On November 20, the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN, for its acronym in Spanish) opened a public consultation on the draft resolution to develop + info

CHILE On November 24, the Financial Market Commission (CMF, in Portuguese) published two regulations as part of the process to adopt the Basel III standards, setting + info

ARGENTINA The Senate has postponed its debate of the bill for “strengthening the sustainability of the public debt”, authored by the Executive branch to Monday November + info

VENEZUELA The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV, for its acronym in Spanish) is apparently working together with the banking sector to draft a plan to formalize + info

VENEZUELA On November 16 the Executive branch announced that the country is to enter the stage of easing economic activities until November 22. The measure enables + info

VENEZUELA On November 13, the European Union (EU) extended economic and financial sanctions against more than 30 public officials from Nicolas Maduro’s administration, including current Venezuelan + info

PERU On November 16, the Peruvian Congress decided that Francisco Sagasti would be the new interim president of the Republic. He obtained 97 votes out of + info

PERU On November 17, Francisco Sagasti was sworn in as President of the Republic and will complete the five-year term, until July 2021.  In his speech + info

PERU On November 18, President Francisco Sagasti swore in the ministers for his new cabinet. The presidency of the Council of Ministers will be led by + info

ECUADOR On November 16, the Citizen Participation Committee approved, with eight votes, the report for the second debate on the bill to recover assets of illicit + info

ECUADOR On November 17, President Lenín Moreno adopted Decree No. 1193, modifying the Secondary Regulations for the implementation of the Organic Law of Regulation and Control + info

ECUADOR On November 19, Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno sent the National Assembly a partial veto to the draft bill to Modernize the Companies Law. The new + info