About 9 million people in the region are looking to purchase IT solutions, and of this group of consumers, about 8% explore options to buy antivirus or security software.
CentralAmericaData's interactive information system monitors in real time the changes in consumer habits in all markets of the region, with fundamental information to understand the current commercial environment in which companies of all industries must operate.
Including the respective prevention protocols to avoid the spread of the virus, cinemas, beauty salons, auto parts sales, non-contact sports training centers, gyms and swimming schools will be able to open to the public as of May 1st in Costa Rica.
The protocols must be constructed between the institutions and the respective sectors, who may send their proposals to the Ministry or Executive Presidency as appropriate, reported the Ministry of Health.
Personal care items, vehicle accessories, food and beverages are some of the products most demanded by consumers, who have migrated to digital platforms to make their purchases.
In the current scenario of confinement due to the health crisis in the region, consumers have disappeared from physical stores and have migrated to digital platforms to buy their products.
The Criminal Public Defense Institute tenders photocopying and printing services for the institution's offices nationwide.
Guatemala Government Purchase 11943173:
"6,400,000 photocopies or prints are required to be issued in 101 photocopying equipment, in 101 locations, distributed throughout the Republic, that meet quality and technology standards and are considered institutional growth due to the opening of new offices.
Fear of the unknown and the belief that a serious problem justifies a dramatic response, pushes consumers to make panicky purchases, driven by anxiety and a willingness to calm their fears.
Following the spread of covid-19 worldwide and its declaration as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), businesses worldwide have reported a considerable increase in the products they offer, which can be explained by consumer behavior in a context such as the current one.
Two decades after selling 49% of the shares of the Bayano hydroelectric dam to AES, the Panamanian government is preparing to begin negotiations to buy the shares held by AES.
The authorization for the government to begin negotiations was completed through Cabinet Council Resolution No. 106 of October 28, which endorses the start of the efforts, which aim to draw a roadmap to transfer the hydroelectric Bayano to the State.
Both companies announced an agreement for La Estancia, Guatemalan and Ecuadorian capital, to acquire a stake in the Panamanian company Toledano.
La Estancia, a company that will have a stake in Toledano, is a consortium born from the merger of Procesadora Nacional de Alimentos C.A. (Pronaca), headquartered in Quito, Ecuador, and Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI), in Guatemala City.
The Authority of Transit and Terrestrial Transport tenders the works of urban and interurban signaling, in the provinces of Veraguas, Bocas del Toro and Panama.
Panama Government Purchase 2019-1-03-0-08-LV-006457:
"This work consists of painting profiled lines (vibreline) or multi dot lines in the horizontal demarcation of the pavement, and installation of reflective roads (cat's eye), including all the lines necessary for safety and comfort of users, and be able to perform road maneuvers safely.
The transnational UPL announced the acquisition of Industrias BioQuim Centroamericanas S.A., a company dedicated to the manufacture and commercialization of agrochemicals.
This acquisition, which was made through UPL Costa Rica S.A., is the first made by the transnational UPL in the region.
Because the Constitutional Chamber in Costa Rica admitted an action challenging the articles regulating mergers and acquisitions, the file approval processes have been temporarily suspended.
Authorities informed that since last March 19, the Commission to Promote Competition (Coprocom) refrains from approving or failing processes of companies that seek to acquire others or merge in the country.
Imperia Intercontinental Inc., the main shareholder of Banco Cuscatlán, reached an agreement to purchase the banking and insurance operations of the entity of Canadian origin.
The sale of Scotiabank's operations in El Salvador is subject to authorization by the Superintendence of Competition and the Superintendence of the Financial System.
The Pan American Silver mining company reported that it is interested in buying the shares of Canadian Tahoe Resources, the company owning Mina San Rafael in Guatemala.
Representatives of Minera San Rafael confirmed that interest exists by Pan American Silver, the world's second largest silver mining company with operations in Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, in buying Tahoe Resources.
With a $1.460 million investment, Millicom International Celular completed the acquisition of 80% of the capital of Cable Onda, one of the country's telephone, Internet and cable TV operators.
Cable Onda announced in a press release that following an extensive conversation process, Cable Onda S.A. and Millicom International Cellular S.A. have established a strategic alliance in which Millicom assumes an important ownership of Cable Onda as well as the business management. The agreement includes Telecarrier and Fronteras Securtity.
With a $250 million investment, Liberty Latin America completed the acquisition of 80% of the capital of Cabletica, one of the country's leading cable operators.
Liberty Latin America operates in Chile, Panama and the Caribbean, and with the purchase of Televisora de Costa Rica S.A. will access the Costa Rican market through this cable operator that has more than 327 thousand subscribers.
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund has reported that it will be investing $16 million in the purchase of a new property and $43 million in the remodeling of its main office building in San José.
The works for the design and construction of structural reinforcements and mechanical, electrical and architectural reconditioning of the Laureano Echandi Building, Caja Costarricense Social Security (CCSS) central offices, were awarded last June to Consorcio Edificar-Molina-Guidi for an amount of $43 million.
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