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Mexico, Ecuador competition officials say they have preserved autonomy amid political turmoil

By Ana Paula Candil and Xu Yuan
  • 07 Apr 2022 17:07
  • 13 Apr 2022 14:54
The Mexican and Ecuadorian competition authorities have been able to preserve their autonomy in carrying out investigations even amid recent political turmoil affecting their countries, officials from the agencies said today.
Speaking at a conference* today, Danilo Sylva Pazmino, superintendent of Ecuador`s Market Power Control Superintendence, or SCPM, said that

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Ana Paula Candil

Senior Correspondent, Latin America


Ana Paula joined MLex in Brazil in 2014 writing about antitrust investigations and merger reviews. Prior to that, she worked for several trade publications and in TV. She lived in Washington DC, where she worked for Al Jazeera English in 2010. She studied journalism and holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the George Brown College in Toronto and a Master of Business Administration diploma in government relations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Xu Yuan

Senior Correspondent


Xu Yuan has worked for MLex for seven years, all of them based in Hong Kong. She has reported on a wide range of regulatory topics, including antitrust, cybersecurity and data security, in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She has broken numerous stories on policymaking and enforcement involving international companies doing business in the region and done substantial court reporting in Hong Kong. She is currently specializing in covering regulatory issues related to future mobility, including connected vehicles. She previously worked for US TV network NBC in Beijing. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature and Linguistics from Peking University and a master’s degree from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong.

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