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Guidelines, strategies, regulations, resolutions and agreements, at the international, regional, national and subnational levels that configure the actions of the State.

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People in a h. phase of food insecurity (ECU)
5,136,000 people were in a heightened phase of food insecurity in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food crisis (Ecuador)
2,447,000 people were in a food crisis situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
People in food emergencies (Ecuador)
95,000 people found themselves in a food emergency situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
Vulnerability of livestock in Colombia
Between 25% and 30% of the 1,345,000 head of cattle are exposed to disease, death and loss of pastures, with the greatest impact in Arauca, Arauquita and Tame, Colombia. (Fundación Corocoras, 2026).
Impact of climate on agricultural land (COL)
In Arauca, Colombia, there are approximately 482,631 hectares dedicated to agricultural activities at risk due to permanent exposure to flooding. (Fundación Cocoras, 2026).

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Nicaragua freezes fuel prices at more than US$4 per gallon/n

The Government of Nicaragua reported a freeze in fuel prices for the week of March 20-26, acting in response to the trend of rising prices in the market due to the Ukraine-Russia war.

Decree 321 of March 23, 2022 temporarily suspending the collection of two fuel taxes.

This decree issues transitory provisions related to the reduction of rates of the tax on the transfer of movable goods and on the rendering of services applicable to fuels. The reduced rates of the t...

The USA bans imports of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal

Last year, the U.S. imported nearly 700,000 barrels per day of crude oil and refined petroleum products from Russia and this step will deprive Russia of billions of dollars in revenues from U.S. drive...

Subsidies for fuel, raw materials and food to address economic crisis ”exacerbated” by Russian invasion to Ukraine/n

The government will maintain a fuel subsidy extended to the entire population since the pandemic, unchanged as long as the WTI barrel indicator is above $85 and below $115. It will also apply a subsid...

EU: Energy sector sanctions that will prohibit the sale, supply, transfer or export to Russia of specific goods and tech...

Second EU package of measures.

IDB strategy with Bolivia 2022-2025

It contributes to the priority areas of increasing productivity and diversification of the economy, closing social gaps and with its strategic objectives. Specifically, the result of increased agricul...

Bolivia: The Social and Economic Development Plan (PDES) 2021-2025 (Law 1407)

It is divided into 10 axes, of which axis 2 corresponds to Industrialization with Import Substitution; axis 3, Food Security with Sovereignty, Promotion of Exports with Added Value and Tourist Develop...

Chiles Long-Term Climate Strategy-2050

The objective is the progressive decarbonization of the electrical matrix and production processes, and also, a change in consumption patterns, highlighting the importance of the circular economy, pro...

Roadmap 2050, towards the construction of the National Energy Policy - Honduras

The Roadmap prepared by the Ministry of Energy in 2021 is an important input for the construction of the National Energy Policy, its objective is to capture the actions and goals that the State, toget...

Decree No. 168 Transitory Law for the Stabilization of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Prices

The essential purpose of this law is to create a Temporary Mechanism, also known as the "Temporary LPG Mechanism," or the "Mechanism," with the aim of promoting, over time, the stabilization of the pr...

Colombia: Bioethanol Blending Mandate: E10. Resolution 40294 of 2021.

Mandatory Blending Mandate. According to the phasing-in resolution 40294 of 2021, the 10% came into effect from January 2022.

Argentina: Bioethanol Blending Mandate: E12.

The Argentine Congress passed Law 27640, which will provide the government with the flexibility to reduce biofuel blend rates to as low as 9 percent for bioethanol and 3 percent for biodiesel.