Newly appointed Executive President of Corporación Dinant Miguel Mauricio Facusse last week restated his company's plan to bring together all stakeholders in the Aguan region of Honduras to discuss solutions to some of the problems people living and working in the area have. Read More »
Nymity Inc., a global research company, on Monday announced the appointment of José Alejandro Bermúdez to managing director of Latin America, in order to lead Nymity's newly created business unit in the region. Read More »
ABB, a power and automation technology group, in a joint project with Enertiva Energia Alternativa, has been the inverter supplier for a solar installation on the roof of the Costa Rican Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, home of the La Liga Deportiva Alajuelense football club. Read More »
Encompass Supply Chain Solutions Inc., a provider of forward and reverse logistics for a range of finished goods and replacement parts, on July 23 announced that it will be doubling the size of its Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, distribution facility to support new business. Read More »
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency on Monday awarded a grant to the Associação Nacional dos Transportadores de Passageiros sobre Trilhos to modernize the rail information technology in Brazil. Read More »
Continental Gold Inc. on Tuesday announced the appointment of Mateo Restrepo Villegas to executive vice president, effective as of Aug. 12. Read More »
Corporacion del Sur, S.A., a member of Pellas Development Group, in association with the Nicaragua Tourism Board, on Tuesday announced the opening of Nicaragua's Costa Esmeralda Airport. Read More »
Gold extracted illegally from regions of the Amazon rainforest, causing deforestation of thousands of acres and contributing to social ills such as child labor and prostitution, may be ending up in nations outside of the Amazon region, such as the U.S. and Switzerland, an official from the Peruvian Society of Environmental Rights said recently. Read More »
Portugal's PHC Software, which sells software for business companies in Portugal, Spain, Angola and Mozambique, is starting operations in Latin America this year, initially with a base in Peru from where it wants to expand to two other countries. Read More »
Gold Arrow Resources Corporation recently announced that it has experienced an increase in mineral resources at the Chinchillas Silver Deposit located in Jujuy Province, Argentina. Read More »
Cidade de Itaguaí producing oil in the Santos Basin 149 miles off the shore of Rio de Janeiro. Read More »
Software will help global insurer with underwriting flood insurance policies. Read More »
Natixis, a corporate, investment, insurance and financial services arm of Group BPCE, the second largest banking group in France, is working to build its presence in Latin American markets. Read More »
Brazil´s Bradesco said it has reached an agreement with HSBC Latin America Holdings (UK), Ltd., for the acquisition of 100 percent of HSBC Bank Brasil S.A. for $5.2 billion, Bradesco CEO Luiz Carlos Trabuco confirmed at a Monday press conference. Read More »
YellowPepper, leading mobile payment and banking company in Latin America, recently announced that “Mr. NFC,” or Mohammad Khan, the former president and founder of ViVOtech, has been chosen as the new chairman of YellowPepper's board of directors. Read More »
Brazil Minerals Inc. recently announced that it has completed the second phase of the company’s geological assessment and successfully paid in cash for its new ownership with RST Recursos Minerais Ltda. Read More »
VT iDirect, Inc. said that satellite service provider Axesat has installed iDirect Remote Commissioning Solution throughout Latin America. This move will speed the Axesat’s VSAT remotes and allow the company add more customers to its network. Read More »
Via Direta Telecom, a subsidiary of TV and radio broadcast group Rede Tiradentes de Telecomunicacoes, chose the iDirect Evolution platform from VT iDirect Inc. to provide the most ambitious distance-learning program that has ever been developed in Brazil. Read More »
Ecuador's space agency has developed its own technology for projects such as the construction of the only laboratory in the region that simulates zero gravity in addition to placing two satellites in orbit. In addition, it exports parts for satellites. Read More »
Esko and Serilon recently announced their new partnership that obligates Serilon, which is the biggest visual communication products distributor in Brazil, to sell the entire line of i-cut Suite wide format workflow and finishing tables from Esko to sign and display companies located across Brazil. Read More »
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