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Friday, November 7th, 2008Synopsis in English: On Wednesday the Organization of American States (OAS) and Consumers International (CI) signed a cooperation agreement to undertake joint actions to promote and protect consumer rights in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Both parties emphasized the impact transborder transactions are having on LAC consumers and the need to develop and promote […]
Brazilian States Publicize Consumer Complaints
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008In September the 21 Brazilian state consumer agencies (known in Brazil as “Procons”) belonging to the National System of Consumer Defense Information (Sistema Nacional de Informações de Defesa do Consumidor – SINDEC) opened (mostly on the internet) their registries of consumer complaints, including their rankings of which firms were the subject of the greatest number […]
A Huge Donation for Brazil’s Chief Consumer NGO / Uma donação grande para a ONG brasileira principal de defesa do consumidor / Una donación grande para la ONG brasileña principal de defensa del consumidor
Thursday, August 16th, 2007This grant from the MIF is a major coup for the Brazilian Consumer Defense Institute (IDEC), probably increasing their operating funds by 50% and cementing their lead as Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) best funded consumer group. Parabéns, IDEC e Marliena Lazzarini (a Presidente do Instituto). To understand better the importance of IDEC and […]
Consumer Protection in LAC – An Introduction
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007March 15 was World Consumer Rights Day (yeah, I know I’m late!). If you live in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and didn’t realize it, your local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and your national consumer affairs office need more work on their profiles! World Consumer Rights Day was invented in 1983 by the global coalition […]