On March 26, the Executive branch issued Resolution No. 072-2020-TR, containing the Guide implementing remote work. The objective is to provide relevant information for private sector + info

On March 26, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and 14 other members of his administration over alleged links to international narco-terrorism. + info

On March 25, the Ministry of Economy issued Resolution No. 124-2020-EF/15 adopting the Operational Regulations for the Business Support Fund for micro and small enterprises. The + info

On March 25, the National Tax and Customs Directorate of Colombia (DIAN, for its acronym in Spanish) published a resolution modifying the deadlines to file tax + info

On March 24, the Executive Branch issued Decree 310/2020, creating the Family Emergency Income (EFI) bonus of 10,000 pesos for workers in the informal system, self-employed + info

On March 24, the Banco de la República de Colombia (BanRep in Spanish) issued three circulars to regulate open market operations, bond purchases and debt reduction, + info

On March 24, the Executive Branch issued Supreme Decree Nº 010-2020-TR, publishing guidelines to regulate teleworking in the private sector, as established in Emergency Decree Nº + info

ECUADOR On March 24, the Monetary and Financial Policy and Regulation Board issued Resolution No. 569-2020-F, establishing an extraordinary deferral of credit obligations by public and + info

On March 24, the Chamber of Deputies passed an Executive branch bill to support families and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the light of the + info

On March 24, the Ministry of Economy of Brazil issued Joint Ordinance No. 555, extending the validity of the Negative Debt Certificates related to Federal Fiscal + info

The Financial Market Commission (CMF) extended the deadline for companies to submit their financial statements to April 15 and also announced a package of measures to + info

On March 23, President Sebastián Piñera imposed a curfew throughout the country, a measure which came into force on Sunday between 10 pm and 5 am, + info

On March 22, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced a package of economic measures to address the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Some + info

On March 20, the Executive branch issued Emergency Decree No. 029-2020, and implemented complementary measures aimed at financing micro and small enterprises. It also submitted other + info

On March 20, Colombian President Iván Duque decreed a compulsory quarantine for the entire country starting March 24, as part of the emergency measures adopted in + info

On March 20, the Senate held an historic session in which it passed a legislative decree declaring a state of public calamity in the country as + info

On March 20 the Central Bank issued communication A6942, setting out how banking and financial operations are to be carried out during the quarantine established by + info

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Colombian Financial Superintendency (SFC, for its acronym in Spanish) and the Bank of the Republic of Colombia (BanRep, + info