Media Room about Coronavirus COVID-19 in Central America

BLP reiterates its commitment to the health and sustainability of the countries in which we operate by making our digital platforms available to publicize legal updates on #COVID19 in Central America.

Below, you will find informative and analytical material related to local regulations in different areas such as labor, tax, immigration, etc. regarding the coronavirus in Central America.

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua

At BLP, we believe that we are experiencing a revolution in the way of doing business. Our specialists are available to guide you in the economic reactivation process of the region. Watch our series of content below.

• Global Mobility & Relocation: Central America: The region of new opportunities.
• Learn what you need to leap into e-commerce.
• Occupational Health and Safety, the route to economic recovery.
• The new labor reality in Central America.
• Sostenibilidad by BLP, the commitment with the communities of Central America.
• Intellectual Property in the new digital age.

Central America

• Video: The status of Intellectual Property in Central America during the Coronavirus pandemic. - Date: 03/26/2020

Guatemala

• Webinar: Renegotiation tools for Contractual and Bank Obligations. - Date: 05/13/05
• Webinar: Legal context during the Coronavirus in Guatemala. - Date: 04/30/2020
• Video: Immigration measures and provisions during the State of Public Calamity. - Date: 04/16/2020
• Video: Tax provisions based on COVID-19. - Date: 04/07/2020

Honduras

• Video: Tax measures to address Coronavirus crisis in the country. - Date. 03/25/2020
• Video: Suspension of work in Honduras due to Coronavirus. - Date: 03/24/2020

El Salvador

• Podcast: El Salvador - COVID-19 LATAM White Paper FAQs. - Date: 04/16/2020
• Video: Work from home Law de to Coronavirus. - Date: 03/26/2020

Costa Rica

• Podcast: Labor matters update on COVID-19. - Date: 05/11/2020
• Podcast: COVID-19: Tax Relief for Employers in Latin America. - Date: 05/05/2020
• Webinar: E-commerce during COVID-19. - Date: 04/14/2020
• Video: The Costa Rican Tourism Institute agrees to a tax moratorium.  - Date: 04/10/2020
• Video: Andean Development Corporation (CAF) signs a loan agreement with the Government of Costa Rica. - Date: 04/10/2020
• Video: Public Procurement: tenders in process and contracts that are in execution. - Date: 04/08/02020
• Webinar: Trade policies and COVID-19. - Date: 04/08/2020
• Video: Extension of the mobility restriction from April 3 to 12. - Date: 04/03/2020
• Video: Costa Rica´s request to WHO. - Date: 04/02/2020
• Video: Authorized Economic Operator. - Date: 04/02/2020
• Video: Work from home on COVID-19. - Date: 04/01/2020
• Webinar: General guidelines for Condominiums due to the health alert by Coronavirus in Costa Rica. - Date: 31/03/2020
• Video: Update of the general guidelines for Condominiums due to the health alert by COVID-19. - Date: 31/03/2020
• Video: Sessions and assemblies of companies by digital means during COVID-19. - Date: 03/31/2020
• Webinar: FQA in Immigration Matters Regarding the Coronavirus COVID-19 in Costa Rica. - Date: 03/30/2020
• Video: Closing of beaches in Costa Rica as sanitary measure against COVID-19. - Date: 03/30/2020
• Video: Work shifts reduction and changes in Social Security.- Date: 03/24/2020
• Video: General guidelines for Condominiums due to the health alerty by COVID-19. - Date: 03/24/2020
• Video: Handling of personal data of COVID-19 carriers. - Date: 03/23/2020
• Video: Resolutions issued in Costa Rica regarding COVID-19 affecting companies in Free Trade Zones. - Date. 22/03/2020
• Video: COVID-19 tax relief bill in Costa Rica against Coronavirus.  - Date: 03/21/2020
• Webinar: "Legal advice to deal with Coronavirus in Costa Rica". Learn, from a Labour and Consumer perspective, the main considerations to be taken against the COVID-19 pandemic. - Date: 03/12/2020 

General

• El Salvador: The Government of El Salvador announces phases of economic reopening. - Date: 06/13/05.
• El Salvador: Unconstitutionality of the quarantine in El Salvador. - Date: 06/10/2020
• Guatemala: The Government of the Republic of Guatemala issues a Plan of National Strategy to reopen activities in the country. - Date: 06/02/2020
• Honduras: Gradual restriction of constitutional guarantees due to COVID-19. - Date: 05/21/2020
• Honduras: Opening of Mercantile Registries in Honduras. - Date: 05/21/2020
• Central America: Private Clients & Estate Planning in Central America. - Date: 05/06/2020
• Guatemala: Project for the recovery of road infrastructure. - Date: 04/21/2020
• Guatemala: Government actions for the recovery of hospital infrastructure. - Date: 04/21/2020
• Costa Rica: Extension of the mobility restriction from April 3 to 12. - Date: 04/01/2020

Labor & Employment 

• El Salvador: Salvadoran Employment Protection Law. - Date: 05/07/2020
• Guatemala: Publication of the Regulation of the Fund for Employment Protection due to COVID-19. - Date: 04/20/2020
• Costa Rica: Workers affected by COVID-19 may collect their labor capitalization fund. - Date: 04/01/2020
• Costa Rica: FAQ: Work from home on COVID-19 in Costa Rica. - Date: 04/01/2020
• El Salvador: Preventive and containment measures to contain the COVID -19 Pandemic. - Date: 03/25/2020
• Costa Rica: FAQ: Work shifts reductions and changes in Social Security in Costa Rica. - Date: 03/21/2020 
• Honduras: Q&A in Labour matters regarding the Coronavirus COVID-19.- Date: 03/21/2020 
• Nicaragua: FAQ about labor matters related to COVID-19. - Date: 03/20/2020 
• Costa Rica: Q&A: Suspension of Employment Contracts in Costa Rica for COVID-19. - Date: 03/16/2020
• El Salvador: Legal aspects related to Coronavirus in El Salvador. - Date: 03/20/2020 

Immigration

• Costa Rica: Temporary immigration regulations by the State of National Emergency due to Coronavirus. - Date: 05/31/2020
• Guatemala: Immigration contention measures for COVID-19 in Guatemala. - Date: 04/03/2020
• Guatemala: Immigration measures for COVID-19 in Guatemala. - Date: 03/30/2020
• Costa Rica: Q&A regarding immigration matters on COVID-19. - Date: 03/24/2020
• Costa Rica: Immigration measures to reduce COVID-19 exposure in Costa Rica. - Date: 03/23/2020 
• Guatemala: Prevention of the COVID-19, labor and migratory perspectives to be taken into consideration. - Date: 03/18/2020

Corporate

• Guatemala: Holding Shareholder´s Meetings and Partner´s Meeting in mercantile companies. - Date: 04/27/2020
• Guatemala: Reforms to the Guatemalan Commercial Code for the Coronavirus. - Date: 03/30/2020

Tax

• El Salvador: Special Transitory Law to facilitate the filing and payment of income tax. - Date: 30/04/2020
• Costa Rica: Amendment to the regulation of the Tax Relief Law. - Date: 04/15/2020
• Costa Rica: Bill - Moratorium for the VAT of the basic food basket. - Date: 04/03/2020
• Costa Rica: Regulation for the Tax Relief Law for the Coronavirus. - Date: 03/30/2020
• Costa Rica: Moratorium on the Customs Tax Obligation. - Date: 03/30/30
• Costa Rica: COVID-19 tax relief bill.- Date: 03/24/2020
• Guatemala: Temporary measures to address the COVID-19 crisis. - Date: 21/03/2020

Banking & Finance

• Costa Rica: Normative provisions for the financial sector in Costa Rica based on COVID-19. - Date: 03/24/2020

Intellectual Property

• Central America: The status of Intellectual Property in Central America during the Coronavirus pandemic. - Date: 05/04/2020
• Compulsory licenses for patents. - Date: 04/15/2020

Real Estate & Hospitality

• Costa Rica: Protocol for Hospitality Activities in the Tourism Industry. - Date: 05/19/2020
• Costa Rica: FAQ: General guidelines for Condominiums. - Date: 05/12/2020
• Guatemala: Legal implications of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Lease Agreements. - Date: 03/30/2020
• Costa Rica: General guidelines for Condominiums due to the health alerty by COVID-19. - Date: 03/30/2020
• Costa Rica: Closing of beaches as sanitary measure against COVID-19. - Date: 23/03/2020

Privacy & Data Protection

• Costa Rica: Handling of personal data of COVID-19 carriers. - Date: 03/21/2020

Sanitary Registration of Products

• Costa Rica: Administrative provisions Relating to Sanitary Registry procedures as a result of COVID-19. - Date: 04/08/2020

Free Trade Zones & Customs

• Costa Rica: Extension of the restriction on the export and re-export of products for surgical use. - Date: 04/15/2020
• Costa Rica: COVID-19 and its impact on Costa Rican International Trade. - Date: 04/06/2020
• Costa Rica: Moratorium on import taxes through the deferred payment mechanism. - Date: 03/31/2020
• Costa Rica: Documentary review by SENASA during COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica. - Date: 03/30/2020
• Costa Rica: Authorization of Extensions of Temporary Import Certificates, Tourist Category, by Emergency of COVID-19. - Date: 03/25/2020
• Costa Rica: Work from home for Free Trade Zone Companies during National State of Emergency for COVID-19. - Date: 03/21/2020
• Costa Rica: Resolution of the Customs Directorate on documentary and / or physical review with photocopies. - Date: 03/20/2020

Occupational Health & Safety

• Guatemala: The Ministry of Labor and Social Security issues complementary dispositions to the Regulation of Occupational Health and Safety. - Date: 06/15/2020

Public Law, Public Procurement & Regulation

• Costa Rica: Unilateral modification of the contract by order of the Administration. - Date: 04/30/2020
• Costa Rica: Economic and financial rebalancing on administrative contracts as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. - Date: 04/30/2020
• Costa Rica: Contract rescission of administrative contracts in the COVID-19 Pandemic. - Date: 04/30/2020
• Costa Rica: Emergency Public Procurement Procedures due to COVID-19. - Date: 04/30/2020
• Costa Rica: Suspension of Administrative Contracts due to force majeure or fortuitous event. - Date: 04/30/2020
• Costa Rica: Extension of the term of execution or delivery of the object of the administrative contract as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. - Date: 04/20/2020
• Costa Rica: Public Procurement: tenders in process and contracts that are in execution. - Date: 03/25/2020

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