By Eduardo Frade1 & Pedro Anitelle2   It has been over 5 years since, in previous columns at CPI,3 we called attention to a unique case then under review by the…

By Alexis German Pirchio1   In May 2018, Argentina enacted Act No. 27.442 on the Defence of Competition (“LDC,” for its acronym in Spanish), the first antitrust law in the…

By Agustin Waisman*   Argentina is a member of the United Nations, and has committed itself to achieving the 17 economic, social and environmental goals set by the UN’s Agenda…

By Luis Marin-Tobar & Daniela Irigoyen-Samaniego*   Ecuador has had a standing competition law since October 13, 2011, when the Organic Law for the Regulation and Control of Market Power…

By Paulo Burnier da Silveira and Thaiane Abreu1   Introduction The energy sector has been under the careful watch of policymakers and competition authorities. It is an industry with particular…

By David Fila1   The last two decades have seen extraordinary legislative efforts in the European Union (EU) and Latin America to strengthen both public and private enforcement of competition…

By Julián Peña1   In recent years, the Latin America region has seen and will continue to see a process that has brought big changes. Competition law enforcement has not…

Predatory pricing has been established as an abuse of dominance forms of conducting Colombia. The law describes two different conducts dealing with the same kind of practice: predatory pricing, and…

By Valentina Novoa1   The global financial architecture has changed. Indeed, the entry of new Fintech companies across the world has spurred the need for new regulation frameworks that can…

Below, we have provided the full transcript of the interview with Ricardo Riesco, National Economic Prosecutor of Chile’s Competition Authority, the Fiscal Nacional Económico (FNE), recorded on October 22, 2021.…

By Manuel Abarca Meza*   I. Introduction “Digital-Mania” in Competition Law has finally arrived in Chile, one might think at first sight. On the one hand, several academic activities discussing…

By Luis Marin-Tobar1   Introduction Ecuador is close to reaching the ten-year anniversary of its first domestic competition law, the “Organic Law for the Regulation and Control of Market Power,”…