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Antitrust Enforcement Trends in Latin America
4.06.2015
By: Ana Paula Martinez, Mariana Tavares de Araujo With so much emphasis in Latin America lately on the enforcement of anti-corruption laws like the FCPA, companies should not lose sight of the fact that antitrust enforcement in countries like Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru is now well-established as well. For example, since Brazil’s current competition […]
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Local Perspectives: Anti-Corruption Efforts in Venezuela, Argentina and Chile
7.17.2014
Previously I summarized comments from local counsel in five Latin American countries regarding the impact of the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act in their countries (here and here). Today’s post provides local takes on the impact of domestic anti-corruption efforts in three countries in the region: Venezuela, Argentina, and Chile. Venezuela According to Gerardo […]
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Impact of the FCPA and UK Bribery Act in Latin America: Perspectives from Venezuela and Chile
4.25.2014
The impact of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act on business in those countries can be measured in different ways: the total fines imposed, the number of compliance officers hired, and the existence of this blog and others like it. But what do these two laws – which criminalize bribes paid […]
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Latin America’s Top Anti-Corruption Stories of 2013
1.21.2014
[Editor’s Note: FCPAméricas previously highlighted 2013’s top FCPA stories here.] It is the time of year when FCPA practitioners reflect on the year just past and work to filter the signal from the noise. FCPAméricas covered many different Latin American anti-corruption stories over the last twelve months. In my estimation, the following stories are those most […]
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Anti-Corruption Laws in Chile: Three things companies should know
12.19.2013
There has been considerable discussion over the last few years about anti-corruption developments in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia – four of the five Latin American parties to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. FCPAméricas has discussed each country at length (see posts on Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia). What about the fifth OECD member state in […]