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New AFP withdrawal: a demand that has been stagnant for a year

New AFP withdrawal: a demand that has been stagnant for a year New AFP withdrawal: a demand that has been stagnant for a year

The pandemic accelerated the needs of Peruvians, and in the face of a market that brutally increased costs, the voluntary release of funds from the AFPs was an alternative to survive. In total, six withdrawals were authorized. And, despite controlling the threat of Covid-19from the middle of last year to date, a total of eight […]

Congress: practitioners one step away from being able to miss work during partial and final exams

Congress: practitioners one step away from being able to miss work during partial and final exams Congress: practitioners one step away from being able to miss work during partial and final exams

Benefit for practitioners. With 11 votes in favor and 10 against, the Labor and Social Security Commission of Congress approved last Tuesday the forecast that modifies the Labor Training Modalities Lawby incorporating clauses in the obligations of the people in training and the company. What does it consist of? The objective of the bill is […]

Lasso could run again for the presidency of Ecuador, says his lawyer

Lasso could run again for the presidency of Ecuador, says his lawyer Lasso could run again for the presidency of Ecuador, says his lawyer

The president of Ecuador, William Lassodissolved the National Assembly (Congress) in the face of the serious political crisis and will apply the “cross death” to call elections. What will happen in the coming months in the neighboring country? Lasso’s lawyer, Pablo Encalada, explained that after the “cross death” was decreed, the president informed the National […]

Banks could not collect debts from salary accounts

Banks could not collect debts from salary accounts Banks could not collect debts from salary accounts

When a user does not pay his credit card on time, the bank can collect from his salary account. Financial entities activate this mechanism if it has been established in the contract signed by both parties, explains the economist Enrique Diazalthough for some users this clause goes unnoticed. For this reason, Congresswoman Norma Yarrow (Avanza […]

Government backs down and Petroperú will only go as a partner in Talara lots

Government backs down and Petroperú will only go as a partner in Talara lots Government backs down and Petroperú will only go as a partner in Talara lots

Finally, and contrary to all previous announcements by the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), Perupetro opted for only a partial participation of Petroperú in the Talara lots, where the state company will only have to arrive as an “economic partner” of some private operator that assumes risk investments in exploration. In the decentralized session […]

Keys to the political trial against the president of Ecuador

Keys to the political trial against the president of Ecuador Keys to the political trial against the president of Ecuador

The president of Ecuadorthe right-wing Guillermo Lasso, faces three possible scenarios in the context of a political trial against him: Being dismissed, dissolving the Congress or remain in office with a Legislative dominated by the left. The unpopular president, 67, will face this Tuesday the second attempt by the unicameral Congress to remove him in […]

They warn lobbies to destabilize Petroperú

They warn lobbies to destabilize Petroperú They warn lobbies to destabilize Petroperú

The Petroperú workers, grouped in the United National Front of Petroperú SA Unions, asked President Dina Boluarte for the approval and publication of the supreme decree that grants the oil lots in the northwest of the country to the state company. In addition, they expressed their support for the management of the head of the […]

Congress seeks that affiliation to the pension system be voluntary

Congress seeks that affiliation to the pension system be voluntary Congress seeks that affiliation to the pension system be voluntary

Within the framework of the discussion for a pension reform, the working group in charge of carrying out a study of the proposals for the improvement of the Peruvian pension system of the Congress He presented —preliminarily— the principles that the new scheme should have. voluntary system The first advance presented by this subgroup of […]

Ban on spam calls: Consumer Defense Commission approves insistence

Ban on spam calls: Consumer Defense Commission approves insistence Ban on spam calls: Consumer Defense Commission approves insistence

Unanimously, the Consumer Defense Commission (Codeco) of Congress approved the opinion of insistence that seeks to prohibit spam calls for commercial purposes. This occurs after the Executive Branch observed this proposal because, it maintains, it could affect the freedom of enterprise. “It is false or extremely improbable that free enterprise is affected, given that this […]

The future of wind and solar energy in Peru today in the hands of Congress

The future of wind and solar energy in Peru today in the hands of Congress The future of wind and solar energy in Peru today in the hands of Congress

The Energy and Mines Commission of the Congress will put to a vote today the modification of Law 28832 on energy efficiency, with the aim of lowering electricity prices for citizens and promoting investments in non-conventional renewable energies (RER), such as wind and solar, by authorizing the generators of the latter participate in the tenders […]