Sienco, a business group of engineering solutions and consulting services for power substations and infrastructure, on Monday announced the first implementation of the global dTechs SensorSuite for Casanare Power Company (ENERCA) in Colombia; currently, ENERCA has annual energy losses of approximately 13 percent of the total energy distributed, an estimated $7.6 million CAD a year. Read More »

Amazon.com launched a Spanish-language physical-goods store, Amazon.com.mx, on Tuesday, offering millions of items to Mexico's population. The new store builds on the success of the Kindle Store that opened in Mexico in 2013. Read More »

Sigma Designs, a provider of Z-wave technology, announced the availability of approved Z-Wave frequencies by the governments in 23 new territories in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Z-Wave wireless standard is now available in 86 countries. Read More »

XG Technology Inc., a developer of wireless communications and spectrum-sharing technologies, on Tuesday announced it has received an order for approximately $58,000 in xMax mobile broadband wireless equipment and services from Itellum LLC. Read More »

Pace International recently announced plans to merge its Pace International Chile Business with Valent BioSciences Chile, effective Aug. 1. Both Pace International Chile and Valent BioSciences Chile are wholly owned subsidiaries of Sumitomo Chemical Company. Read More »

Companies will collaborate on testing of environment-focused technologies to improve aviation Read More »

Eze Software Group, a provider of global investment technology, announced Tuesday that Vinci Partners, a Brazilian asset manager, has signed on as a client and will implement its order management system, Eze OMS, and execution management system, RealTick EMS. Read More »

Investigational drug being developed for treatment of Niemann-Pick Type C Read More »

Alcoa, a leader in lightweight metals, yesterday permanently closed its Poços de Caldas primary aluminum smelter in Brazil. The smelter had been curtailed since May 2014, and the original market conditions that led to the curtailment haven’t improved. Read More »

The European Investment Bank, the European Union’s long-term lending organization, has granted Banco Santander Brasil a loan of $166 million for lending to private companies in Brazil. The EIB has provided about $7.75 billion to 13 countries in the region. Read More »

Fitch Ratings released its 2015 Latin America Corporate "Comparative Statistics Special Report,” which provides the key credit metrics for 194 corporations in Latin America with international ratings. The data has been grouped by rating category. Read More »

Cargill, a multinational company, has opened a new Cargill Business Services center in Costa Rica to provide services to the Americas in the areas of finance and human resources. Operating in Costa Rica since 1999, Cargill hired 200 people for the operation. Read More »

Subsidiary awarded contract to build new shopping center in Huancayo, Peru. Read More »

Program meant to increase productivity of local businesses. Read More »

Veolia and EPM signed an agreement late last week to develop energy-efficiency services in Latin America. The alliance falls under the France-Colombia Strategic Committee, launched in January by the two countries’ governments, and signed in Medellín by Ramon Rebuelta, executive vice president for Latin America at Veolia, and Juan Esteban Calle Restrepo, CEO of EPM and leader of the EPM Group. Read More »

UNOPS and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) recently signed a cooperation framework agreement to assist the effective and transparent implementation of development projects in the region. Read More »

Wireless-backhaul company Ceragon Networks, Ltd, said on Monday that a tier-1 mobile operator in the Southern Cone of South America is implementing Ceragon’s solutions in preparation for a nationwide 4G-service launch. For this project, valued at over $13 million, Ceragon is upgrading and expanding the operator's 3G backhaul networks to 4G/LTE via the IP-20 platform. Read More »

Oracle said last week that it plans to open a new data center in Brazil in August as part of its commitment to help Latin American companies embrace cloud computing. The new facility will be located in Campinas, São Paulo, and will support growing demand for Oracle’s comprehensive cloud portfolio. Read More »

In a June 25 meeting with Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto, AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson announced that AT&T plans to invest approximately $3 billion to extend its high-speed, mobile Internet service to Mexico. Read More »

Forum meant to open dialogue about issues that are central to private sector development and growth. Read More »