The XXII Ibero American Summit will take place on November 16th and 17th, in Cadiz, Spain, with a particular focus on economic growth policies to reduce poverty, promote equality of opportunity and encourage job creation. The theme of the summit will be “a renewed relationship in the Bicentennial of the Constitution of Cadiz” document dating back to 1812 and whose principles were key to the emancipation of Latin American nations. The conclave will be preceded by a series of sectorial meeting...

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Mexico will increase its trade with Central America through the new Free Trade Agreement, which came into force on Saturday after being approved by three of the six countries involved, officials said. From Saturday, the new trade agreement will regulate exchanges between Mexico, Nicaragua and El Salvador, and is expected to expand to Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica once concluded the legal procedures necessary for the entry into force of the FTA. This Treaty unifies 98% of the rules establish...

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The Araúz Law Firm, Panama, and The Complutense University of Madrid, Department of Public & Private International Law, Spain, organized the III International Training Seminar on Trade & Investment Arbitration with Intra Caribbean mock arbitration, from August 20 to 25th, with the collaboration of ACP Legal, the Dominican President Leonel Fernandez's Foundation, FUNGLODE, two European Arbitration Institutions, CIAMEN & CIMA and many other sponsors. The course featured leading Hispan...

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The Araúz Law Firm, Panama, and The Complutense University of Madrid, Department of Public & Private International Law, Spain, organize the III International Training Seminar on Trade & Investment Arbitration with Intra Caribbean mock arbitration, from August 20 to 25th, with the collaboration of ACP Legal, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez's Foundation, FUNGLODE, and two European Arbitration Centres, CIAMEN & CIMA. The course features leading Hispanic experts in arbitration, Dr....

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The Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Central America was signed in the framework of the XXXIX Summit of Heads of State of member countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA) and completes the similar agreement with the Cariforum countries. The European Commission was represented by Mr. Karel de Gucht, Trade Commissioner of the EU, and Mr. Christian Leffler, Director for the Americas of the European External Action Service. Mr. Gucht said: “that with...

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