A proposal has been made for the region to standardize the criteria for patenting so that it has the same validity and is treated in the same way in each of the Central American countries.
Meeting in Panama, patent experts and government representatives reviewed the Manual for Processing Patent Applications, with the aim of unifying the various laws on registrations in order to facilitate the work of companies that have to deal with different rules, times and procedures to register their patents in countries in Central America.
Bridgestone has announced the creation of a new division called Mexico and Central America, which involves the merger of operations in Costa Rica and Mexico, which together produce 11 million tires a year.
From next year the new division will be responsible for the markets of South America, Central America, Ecuador and the Caribbean.
It is time for transparent information to be given on which Central American governments continue to obstruct the essential unification of border formalities.
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The Council of Ministers for Economic Integration (Comieco) which met in Managua on September 4 and 5 ended, as always happens in these meetings with public officials, with a statement of good intentions including promises to "work on the standardization of procedures at border posts and a regional strategy for trade facilitation," objectives which have been stated often and which up to now are far from being realised.
Using standardized issuances, the Costa Rican entity intends to raise funds in the financial markets of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Mexico.
The idea "... is to raise funds by issuing securities on the stock exchanges of these countries with the aim being that investors can obtain the funds and channel them into placing loans here," noted an article in Prensalibrecr.com.
The Federation of Chambers and Associations of Exporters of Central America have joined their voices with those of businesses to oppose the tax for Attention to Victims of Traffic Accidents.
The Federation of Chambers and Associations of Exporters of Central America (Fecaxca) believes that the tax affects the competitiveness of a regional market in the process of development.
The regional freight sector has agreed to purchase insurance to protect accident victims.
Prensalibre.com.gt reports that "The government of El Salvador and cargo transport unions in Central America, agreed yesterday in "supporting" a legal reform which alleviates them from the payment of a tax on those who already pay insurance to cover against any accidents, an official said. "
The Union of Central American Bi-National Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Mexican Investment has been formally established.
Ucabicimex is "formed by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Costa Rica - Mexico (Cicomex), the Salvadoran - Mexican Trade (Chamber Casalmex), the Guatemalan - Mexican Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CAMEX), the Honduras - Mexico Enterprise Chamber ( CEHM), the Mexico - Costa Rica Enterprise Chamber (Camexcr), the Mexico - El Salvador Enterprise Chamber (Camexsal), the Mexico - Nicaraguan Enterprise Chamber (Camenic) and the Mexico - Panama Chamber of Commerce (Camexpa) ", reported Nacion.com.
Countries involved in the Mesoamerica Project will create an Efficient Illumination Strategy in Central America, to reduce the use of incandescent lamps.
From the website of the Mesoamerica Project:
Countries launch strategy to promote efficient lighting in Central America
The region which produces 13% of the bank's Latin American utilities is seen by the bank as an economic block.
The Guatemalan newspaper Siglo XXI interviewed the CEO of Citi Guatemala, Juan Miró, who reported that they are currently working on optimizing the IT platform in order to better serve the Central American market.
Central America needed a source of daily information that was focused exclusively on the region, selected by the highest criteria, and published in a timely and professional manner.
The effects of the digital revolution, which have shaped the Internet as the movement’s spearhead, have intensified to the point of radically modifying people’s behavior.
Central America has begun to broaden corporate participation in social responsibility by unifying its indicators.
The project consists of implementing a participative regional proces with the goal of encouraging policies of social responsibility in as great a number of companies as possible.
Securities regulators in the Central America-Caribbean region are putting their heads together to see how they can stimulate investment through their public markets.
The Superintendent of Securities from the Dominican Republic, Haivanjoe NG Cortiñas, presented a study which included a compendium of opinions from the securities regulators in Central America and the Dominican Republic about ways to develop their respective markets.
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