One year after the National Agreement for the New Plastic Economy, the Mexican industry informs the Senate of Mexico and the general population of the progress of actions to reduce, recycle and reuse containers and packaging for a wide variety of products, with the aim to contribute to national goals for the use of plastics . Mexico is fourth in the world in PET recycling, only behind Sweden, Germany and the European Union, and the industries that signed the agreement indicate in their report that 71% of containers and packaging are already reusable, recyclable, compostable or usable. The goal is…
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“The first step to access financial inclusion is through financial education, ” says Luis Silva de la Torre, Director of Fintech Mexico at the round table Financial Inclusion in Mexico: challenges and trends 20-21. Changing the idiosyncrasy of Mexicans, the false beliefs about saving and managing digital money, as well as ending the fears of investing are the main challenges faced in the country, according to the executives who participated in the organized digital event by the fintech Ualá. Santiago Salinas, director of the BIVA Institute, pointed out at the meeting that “the pandemic played against the promotion of financial…
The adverse circumstance of the coronavirus made the celebration of Mother’s Day different . Less closeness, more social distancing, but the same love for those who, in the midst of a pandemic, have been a mother, worker, teacher and caregiver. Alicia Bárcena, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), has stated, with regard to unpaid work, that women work up to double or triple in their homes “and this is also due to the suspension of classes that gives additional burdens to women ”. According to figures from María Noel Vaeza, regional director of…
Since the publication of the report of the Tax Justice Network (TJN) platform , called The State of Tax Justice: Tax Justice in the Times of Covid-19 (November 2020), journalists have come out to highlight what we have been denouncing for years : that the discriminatory lists of the European Union (EU) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) only hide the resounding failure of the European socialist economic model, its incompetent bureaucracy and the hypocrisy of its rulers, especially in everything that refers to tax avoidance and evasion. Vicente Nieves of the Spanish financial daily El Economista,…
Credit cards are part of the finances of many citizens today. Through them, expenses are financed, discounts are accessed and they have also served as lifesavers for many people who have lost their jobs. According to Asobancaria reports, by August 2020, in Colombia, there were more than 15 million active credit cards; In June, purchases with these cards represented 8.1% of total spending by Colombians, which, according to Raddar, is equivalent to about 58.4 trillion pesos. Although cards represent a benefit for users, they also tend to bring problems, hence even many have chosen to hand over theirs, as shown…
There is an unstoppable reality and it is the right of countries to seek the sustainability of their economies, beyond the great global agreements on issues such as the best tax model. This reality has been in evidence during the forum Perspectives on the taxation of the digital economy, sponsored by Capital Financiero, the Connectax tax platform and the International Fiscal Association (IFA Panama Group), when addressing what is on the table of international discussion, In addition to commenting on the recent experiences of Mexico and Colombia with the collection of the digital Value Added Tax (VAT), the equivalent in…
The Ministry of Public Works (MOP) reported that 80% of the work is progressing to enable and clear the roads and production roads of the Tierras Altas district, in the province of Chiriquí, which were affected after the passage of hurricane ETA. In Bambito, Paso Ancho township, Tierras Altas district , the highway collapsed due to the overflow of the Chiriquí Viejo river. Currently, road rehabilitation work is 80% complete. In the area, the construction of a rocky-type protection wall was also carried out. This week the first asphalt layer is expected to be thrown away, an important road that…
For the fifth consecutive year, P&G offers young people an opportunity to challenge themselves and demonstrate their capabilities and experience an approach to the world of work through the CEO Challenge 2021 , a global challenge in which university students compete to solve an online case of one of the company brands, this time Oral-B. Registration for the national round will be open until January 14, 2021. The P&G CEO Challenge , in addition to offering young people the opportunity to demonstrate their intelligence and business skills outside of the classroom on a global scale, provides participants with a unique…
The president of the European Commission , Ursula von der Leyen, and the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will dine this Wednesday in Brussels in the hope that a face-to-face meeting will help to unblock the negotiations for a future relationship framework and thus avoid an abrupt Brexit on December 31. The meeting will take place late on Wednesday in Brussels, as confirmed through Twitter by the head of the Community Executive, with a brief message in which she limits herself to saying that the “discussions on the association agreement” will continue. Both agreed on Monday in a telephone conversation…
In order to prevent shortages of medical products during future health emergencies, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) convened a dialogue between the health sectors, the industry, and science and technology in the region. “The shortage of medical products can disrupt health care and put health and life at risk,” said PAHO Director Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. “For this reason, it is a priority that health, science and technology, and the industry work together to guarantee equitable access to medicines and other essential technologies in times of peace, but…