About the newsletter

This newsletter reports on the activities of the 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 Regional Centre for Competition in Latin America.

Published twice a year, it shares regional experiences and recent developments from the economies in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Latest release

Issue 5 - June 2022

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In this issue:  

• Exclusive interview with Ms. María Elena Vásquez Taveras, President of the Competition Authority of the Dominican Republic (ProCompetencia).
• Brazil:  Cease and Desist Agreements in the Oil & Gas Sector in Brazil by Patrícia Sakowski and Felipe Mundim
• Portugal:  Advocacy and competition impact assessment supporting pro-competitive reforms in self-regulated professions and the transport sector by Sónia Moura
• Spain:  Ex post analysis of CNMC´s advocacy and market unity actions by María Vidales Picazo
• 蜂鸟电竞在线入口 : Competition in the Energy Sector - Recent Developments in Latin America by Paulo Burnier da Silveira and Thaiane Abreu

Issue 4 - December 2021  |    English  |  Spanish

In this issue:  

• Centre activities and programme;  Interview:  Rolando Díaz (Conacom, Paraguay); Updates on regional projects;  Chile : The failing firm defense in Chile  by Francisca Levin and Vicente Lagos;  Peru :  Toward a more competitive procurement process in the health sector in Peru  by Rodolfo Tupayachi;  Trinidad and Tobago:  Corruption and bid rigging in public procurement: the case of Trinidad and Tobago  by Taimoon Stewart

Issue 3  |  June 2021  |   English  -  Spanish

In this issue:

• Centre activities and programme;  Interview:  Guilermo Rojas Guzmán (Coprocom, Costa Rica); Updates on regional projects and the 2021 Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum;  Brazil : The Foreign Currency Exchange Market Case in Brazil;  by Diogo Thomson Andrade, Fernanda Garcia Machado and Rafaela Teixeira Vieira Noman;  Chile:  FNE´s cases in the Mortgage-related Insurance Industry;  by Camilo Vergara and Diego Concha;  El Salvador:  Cooperation between the Competition Agency and the Financial Regulator in mergers  by Rebeca Hernández Asturias;  Mexico:  Investigating the Mexican Card Payment System – inception, preliminary opinion and future implications for competition  by María Andrea Latapie Aldana

Issue 1  |  June 2020   |   English

In this issue:  

• Centre activities and programme; Interview with Mr. Ivo Gagliuffi Piercechi (Peru); Updates on regional projects;  蜂鸟电竞在线入口 : Challenges and opportunities for competition authorities arising from Covid-19 crisis;  蜂鸟电竞在线入口 : Market Study Process - Example of the UK Credit Card Market;  Argentina : Credit Card Market Study - Findings, Recommendations and Impact;  Brazil:  Advocacy initiatives through CADE’s Cahiers – 10 market studies in 6 years;  Mexico:  Advocating for pro-competitive regulation in the Notarial services market;  Peru:  From drafting to implementation of Indecopi’s Guidelines in Public Procurement;  Trinidad and Tobago:  Advocacy efforts that pushed for the new Competition Law

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