VENEZUELA On January 20, the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV, for its acronym in Spanish) published three resolutions applicable to the financial sector, regulating the legal banking + info

ECUADOR On January 21, the Market Control Superintendency issued Resolution No. SCPM-DS-2021-04, updating the instructions for the payment and calculation of the fee for the analysis + info

ECUADOR On January 19, in its second debate, the plenary session of the National Assembly adopted a report on the  bill to recover assets of illicit + info

MEXICO On January 21, the Executive Branch published Annex 1-A of the Miscellaneous Tax Resolution 2021 in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF, in Spanish). + info

COLOMBIA On January 20, the Finance Ministry published a resolution authorizing the government to issue foreign public debt securities for an amount of USD 1,671,464,000, and + info

COLOMBIA On January 18 the Colombian Financial Superintendency (SFC, for its acronym in Spanish) published a circular on the minimum mandatory returns for severance and pension + info

COLOMBIA On January 15, the Bank of the Republic (BanRep in Spanish) launched a public consultation to regulate the minimum individual solvency conditions for open market + info

BRAZIL On January 20, the Monetary Policy Committee (Copom, in Spanish) decided to maintain reference interest rates (Selic, in Spanish), at 2% per annum. The Copom + info

ARGENTINA On January 15, the Securities Exchange Commission (CNV, for its acronym in Spanish) issued General Resolution 879/2021. which applies the procedures for the “Participative Elaboration + info

VENEZUELA On January 14, the Venezuelan Banking Association (ABV, for its acronym in Spanish) urged the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV, for its acronym in Spanish) + info

VENEZUELA On January 13 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro presented the National Assembly with his annual report (“Memoria y Cuenta 2020”). The President made a summary of + info

VENEZUELA In line with the objectives announced by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in early January, Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV, for its acronym in Spanish) head + info

PERU On January 14, through a Supreme Decree N° 002-2021-PCM, the President of Peru, Francisco Sagasti, established new restrictive measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. + info

ECUADOR On January 13 the Central Bank (BCE) General Manager Verónica Artola announced the completion of the drafting of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (ENIF, for + info

ECUADOR On January 14, the Ecuadorian government signed a framework agreement with the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). The agreement allows Ecuador to receive + info

BRAZIL On January 13, the Chamber of Deputies’ rapporteur for tax reform, Aguinaldo Ribeiro (PP), spoke during a radio interview and shared his hopes that in + info

MEXICO On January 11, Alejandro Armenta Mier (Morena – ruling party) announced his party’s legislative priorities for the new ordinary period of sessions. Among the topics + info

MEXICO Senator Ricardo Monreal (MORENA – ruling party) announced that Congress had agreed to suspend the call for an extraordinary session on January 15, where one + info

MEXICO On January 11, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) held a cabinet meeting to work on a proposal for the National Institute of Transparency, Access + info

COLOMBIA On January 13, Colombian President Iván Duque announced that the extension of the Selective Isolation with Responsible Individual Distancing nationwide until February 28. This measure + info