GUATEMALA
DECREE NUMBER 20-2018, STRENGTHENING ENTREPRENEURSHIP LAW
An entrepreneur, in accordance with this law, is “any individual or legal entity that has an innovative vision of business, products and services and that can turn an idea into reality through dynamic processes”...
  EL SALVADOR
RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT OF SEAFARERS IN EL SALVADOR
All hiring and placement shall be performed through labor intermediation of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare or through a duly authorized Agency for Contracting and Placement of Seafarers, except for hiring and placement of those who work in...
  HONDURAS
HONDURAS INAUGURATES THE FIRST DENDROENERGY LABORATORY IN CENTRAL AMERICA
The project was supported by the Debt Conversion Program of Honduras with Spain, administered by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE by its Spanish acronym), which granted 47.3 million lempiras for the execution...
  NICARAGUA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF NICARAGUA APPROVED THE CREATION OF THE NICARAGUAN IMPORTING AND EXPORTING COMPANY
The ENIMEX entity will carry out transactions (including international transactions), for goods, assets, products and general services as its principal commercial purpose, being also able to operate as a buyer and seller...
 

COSTA RICA
UPDATE ON TAX INCOME TO SALARY BRACKETS FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD 2019

The Government recently published the new brackets that apply to salary, pensions and retirement benefits, for the fiscal period 2019...

 

PANAMA
PANAMA MODIFIES THE LAW OF THE SPECIAL REGIME FOR MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
With this new Law, financial assistance services that SEM companies can provide to companies of the same business group, including technical, financial and/or administrative assistance...

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