These guidelines were approved by the Council of Ministers for Economic Integration (COMIECO) and the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic (COMISCA), with the following goals: Establish coordinated procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Ensure the health of cargo carriers, Cleaning and disinfection of means of transport and,…
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Opening of Mercantile Registries located in the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Cortés and Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Tegucigalpa The Property Institute informs the population that the Commercial Registries located in the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Cortés and the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Tegucigalpa will open their doors…
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BLP offers the Private Clients & Estate Planning practice area in Central America to its clients and friends
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As we face the worldwide COVID-19 crisis, the need to document the fate of an individual’s estate through the corresponding legal formalities is now more important than ever. After the effort of years of work, the accumulated assets that make up a person’s heritage merit careful consideration on how to preserve and eventually distribute the…
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The BLP team advised BMR Energy, a subsidiary of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, on closing the $7 million acquisition of the Valle Escondido Solar Project, the only solar project of its size in Costa Rica, a significant investment in the country’s renewable energy. Under the new structure, BMR Energy will assume the construction and…
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Throughout history it has been demonstrated that crises, with all their negative elements, bring forth positive side effects too. The financial crisis of 2008, caused by the collapse of the Real Estate bubble in the United States, had as a side effect the rise of Airbnb and Uber, whose popularity surged from the people’s need to procure other…
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From a legal perspective, it is considered that the laws are constantly changing, which requires that the Companies frequently update their knowledge and internal regulations. Nevertheless, the evolution of technology is faster than the evolution of the laws that regulate the labor relationships, because they do not go head to head and this is reflected…
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Definition. What is contract rescission (termination)? It’s an unusual cause for contract termination. It’s caused by a variation in the agreed essential conditions which prevent contract performance, such as fortuitous event, force majeure or public interest reasons. Theses causes must be justified or proven. Termination is total. The parties dispense with the initial terms of the contract….
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The Ministry of Labor and Social Security issues complementary dispositions to the Regulation of Occupational Health and Safety
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On June 15th, 2020, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security published the Governmental Agreement 79-2020, that contains complementary dispositions to the Regulation of Occupational Health and Safety, for the prevention and control of outbreaks of SARS COV-2 in work centers. The Agreement establishes obligations and prohibitions for employers and employees, among which the following stand…
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Jan
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From a legal perspective, it is considered that the laws are constantly changing, which requires that the Companies frequently update their knowledge and internal regulations. Nevertheless, the evolution of technology is faster than the evolution of the laws that regulate the labor relationships, because they do not go head to head and this is reflected…
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The Government of the Republic of Guatemala issues a Plan of National Strategy to reopen activities in the country
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Jan
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On June 2nd, 2020, the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance published the Ministerial Agreement 144-2020 which contains the national strategy for controlling the epidemic COVID-19 and the conditions of confinement to complement the presidential provisions dated May 31st, 2020 that were published on June 1, 2020 and which ratified the validity of the…