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    Regional Economic Integration and Consumer Protection

    Thursday, October 11th, 2007

    Next week the Research Group on International and Comparative Consumer Law (Groupe de recherche en droit international et comparé de la consommation – Gredicc) of the University of Quebec at Montreal (Université du Québec à Montréal – UQÀM) will be hosting an interesting international conference on "Regional Economic Integration and Consumer Protection in the Americas […]

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    Argentina’s First Consumer Defense School

    Monday, October 8th, 2007

    Synopsis in English:  The province of San Juan has launched what is believed to be Argentina's first "consumer and users defense school."  The school was created by the Production and Economic Development Ministry's Directorate of Consumer Defense in cooperation with the Education Ministry's Planning Directorate, with support from the College of Magistrates, the Office of […]

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    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, 2007

    This 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 […]

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    Brazil Creates a National Consumer Defense School

    Saturday, August 11th, 2007

    Synopsis in English: Brazil’s Justice Ministry (MJ) just announced the creation of a National School for Consumer Defense (ENDC). MJ has overall responsibility for implementing the Consumer Code and coordinating the the National Consumer Defense System (Sistema Nacional de Defesa do Consumidor – SNDC) created by the Code (click here for a brief explanation of […]

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    Consumer Protection Pages Added to the Temas Toolbox

    Thursday, May 17th, 2007

    As promised during my “Introduction to Consumer Protection in LAC” series, I have adapted and amended those posts to convert them into standalone pages now easily accessible through the Temas Tools link directory in the righthand column. These are: Overview of Consumer Law in LAC Overview of Consumer Authorities in LAC Overview of Consumer NGOs […]

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    More Sections Added to The Reading List

    Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

    As promised (albeit a couple of days later than planned!), more sections have now been added to the Temas Recommended Reading List: Consumer Protection Environmental Governance Environmental Law Hazardous Substances Industry I have also added new entries to the sections on Climate Change and Energy. Coming in the next couple of days will be the […]

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    Consumer Protection in LAC V – A Sample Panorama of LAC Consumer News

    Friday, May 11th, 2007

    When I started this series, I promised a five-part overview of consumer protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). So far I’ve looked at how consumer agencies and consumer NGOs in the region celebrated World Consumer Rights Day, how intergovernmental bodies have influenced the development of consumer law in the region, the panorama of […]

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    Consumer Protection in LAC IV – Consumer NGOs in LAC

    Monday, April 23rd, 2007

    To make up for missing World Consumer Rights Day (March 15), I promised to give you a five-part overview of consumer protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In Part I, I looked at how consumer agencies and consumer NGOs in the region celebrated the Day. In Part II-A I examined how intergovernmental bodies […]

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    Consumer Protection in LAC III – Consumer Agencies in LAC

    Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

    To make up for missing World Consumer Rights Day (March 15), I promised to give you a five-part overview of consumer protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In Part I, I looked at how consumer agencies and consumer NGOs in the region celebrated the Day. In Part II-A I examined how intergovernmental bodies […]

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    Consumer Protection in LAC II-B – Consumer Legislation in LAC Nations

    Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

    To make up for missing World Consumer Rights Day (March 15), I promised to give you a five-part overview of consumer protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In Part I, I looked at how consumer agencies and consumer NGOs in the region celebrated the Day. In Part II-A, I provided an overview of […]

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