The Development Bank has granted almost US$ 55 million to this member country to fight the COVID-19 health and socioeconomic emergency. In the national sphere, funds were aimed at the construction of modular emergency hospitals in several provinces, the purchase of appropriate individual protection...
Juan E. Notaro FONPLATA Executive President As governments in the region start taking action to get the economy back on track, the size of the challenges we shall face in the coming months becomes more visible. Latin America will have to face economic standstill due to quarantine and lockdown...
The Development Bank approved new disbursement of more than one million US dollars for the purchase of appropriate protective material (face masks, hand sanitizer, coveralls, disposable gloves, sanitary masks, among others) to help strengthen the services needed to guarantee hygiene in Argentine...
The Development Bank granted US$300 thousand to support different programs of the municipalities of Itajaí, Criciúma, Corumbá, and Ponta Porã aimed at purchasing medical supplies and adapting intensive care units. Disbursements are made within the framework of the support lines made available by...
In times when joint efforts are needed to contain the effects of the COVID-19, FONPLATA received US$130 million from the reserves of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) to support the development bank's response to the impact of the coronavirus. Recently, FONPLATA set up a COVID-19 Emergency Line to...