Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on August 21 that his government has been in talks with the United States for several months to find a way + info

On August 20, Congress defined the make-up of the chamber authorities and committees, including Pedro Olaechea (Acción Republicana – opposition) as the new president of Congress. + info

On August 20, the Banking Superintendent Ruth Arregui, spoke out about the Monetary and Financial Code Reform draft bill. They are analyzing the possibility of splitting + info

The Chamber of Deputies approved the Tax Modernization Bill (Exp. 12043) with 84 votes in favor and 60 against, and the text now passes to the + info

On August 20, the Senate Finance Committee passed the bill approving the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11). The free trade initiative promotes open + info

On August 20, the Special Committee of Deputies continued with its work on the tax reform proposal filed by Baleia Rossi (Movimento Democrático Brasileiro – allied + info

On August 20, the Executive, through Measure Nº 893, transferred the Council of Financial Activities Control (Coaf for its acronym in Portuguese) which was under the + info

On August 20 Hernán Lacunza was sworn in as Argentina’s Finance minister following the resignation of Nicolás Dujovne over the weekend. During the ceremony, President Mauricio + info

PERU On August 13, the Stock Market Superintendency (SMV for its acronym in Spanish) published the Supporting Documents for the Development of the Capital Market Roadmap, + info

VENEZUELA The National Constituent Assembly (ANC) on August 12 set up a Special Committee to evaluate the possibility of bringing forward the elections for the National + info

ECUADOR The General Manager of the Ecuadorian Central Bank (ECB), Verónica Artola, announced that they will present the National Assembly with a bill to give the + info

COLOMBIA The Senate has just passed the bill adopting the use of the Braille System in printed bank statements. The Committee report author Ruby Chagüi (Democratic + info

CHILE On August 13, the Senate Finance Committee began to discuss the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty (CPTPP) approved by the Foreign Relations Committee last + info

CHILE August 15 saw the start of activities around the Third Meeting of High Representatives of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC). Until August 30, delegates + info

CHILE On August 12, the Financial Market Commission (CMF for its acronym in Spanish) launched a methodological proposal for a public consultation to identify systemically important + info

BRAZIL On August 14, a special committee met in the Chamber of Deputies to study the eventual regulation of virtual currencies, such as bitcoins. The deputy + info

BRAZIL On August 13, the Constitution and Justice Committee of the Chamber of Deputies passed the admissibility of the proposed amendment to include the protection of + info

ARGENTINA On August 13, the Senate Committee on Justice and Criminal Legislation agreed on a working agenda to discuss the bill to reform the Criminal Code. + info

ARGENTINA On August 11, the Primary, Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory (PASO) elections to elect the country’s president and vice president were held. Opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez + info

 VENEZUELA The President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order on August 5 imposing a total blockade on the properties belonging to the + info