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

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

MEXICO On March 1, Javier Juárez Mojica took office as the new head of the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT in Spanish). He will remain in office + info

PERU On March 5 the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, appointed Nicolás Bustamante as the new Minister of Transport and Communications (MTC in Spanish), replacing Juan + info

PANAMA On January 25, the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MICI in Spanish) published a resolution that adds products related to the audiovisual sector to the + info

CHILE On December 22, the National Consumer Service (SERNAC in Spanish) announced that it will be supervising compliance with the right to legal warranty and the + info

MEXICO On December 8, events of interest to the sector took place. Here are more details about them:  The Senate Welfare and Social Development Committee approved + info

BRAZIL On November 30, the last webinar of the “Real Digital” series that began in July of this year was held and discussed with the society + info

COLOMBIA On November 11 the Ministry of Finance published a draft decree on the exemption of orange economy income. The draft seeks to regulate the articles + info

COLOMBIA On November 9, the First Committee of the House of Representatives approved the bill 17/2021 that establishes measures to protect the right to privacy of + info

ECUADOR On November 2, the Legislative Administration Council (CAL in Spanish) of the National Assembly sent the Tax Reform Bill to the Economic Development Committee chaired + info

Brazil On October 28, the president of the Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto, nominated economist Renato Dias de Brito Gomes as director of the Financial System + info

NUTRITION Antimicrobial resistance. On September 21, the Latin American countries participating in the 59th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) approved a policy + info

NUTRICIÓN Alimentación saludable. El 18 de junio culminó la Conferencia de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), instancia en + info

PERU On June 10, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE in Spanish) finalized the processing of 100% of the electoral records from the second round + info

PERU On June 9, the Justice Committee of Congress approved the report of the bill introduced by the Executive Branch, which punished as crimes against copyrights + info

On June 5, the finance ministers of the G-7 member countries (Canada, the United States, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) agreed to a + info

ARGENTINA On June 10 the Committees of Constitutional Affairs and Social Action and Public Health of the Chamber of Deputies approved the bill presented by the + info

ARGENTINA On June 10, the Chamber of Deputies turned into law the bill that ratifies the Fiscal Consensus 2020, which establishes commitments in national and provincial + info

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) On June 10, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published a public consultation on + info