While on site at the 2025 Spring Meeting of the ABA Antitrust Law Section, the Our Curious Amalgam team recorded interviews with senior competition agency enforcers from all over the world, including Paraguay and Costa Rica. In the first segment of this episode, Alicia Downey interviews Commissioner Eduardo Barros of Paraguay's National Competition Commission (CONACOM). Following that, Matthew Reynolds speaks with Viviana Blanco Barboza, the president of the Costa Rica Commission for the Promotion of Competition (COPROCOM). Listen to this episode to hear what's been happening in their respective agencies and what makes them happy outside of competition law.

With special guests:

Eduardo Barros, Commissioner, Comisión Nacional de la Competencia (CONACOM) and Viviana Blanco Barboza, President, Comisión para Promover la Competencia (COPROCOM)

Related Links:

National Competition Commission of Paraguay Commission for the Promotion of Competition of Costa Rica

Hosted by:

Alicia Downey, Downey Law LLC and Matthew Reynolds, Huth Reynolds LLP