Thomas Messer has been selected to lead regional aviation services in Latin America for Willis Group Holdings, the company announced Thursday. According to the company's global CEO, Latin America is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world. Read More »

EastSiberian announced updates on its ongoing negotiations for oil and gas opportunities in Latin America. It has submitted requests to the Nicaraguan Ministry of Energy and Mines to explore in Nicaragua and expand its operations to include a broader mandate. Read More »

ID Global Solutions announced Thursday that it has acquired the Colombian company MultiPay SAS." We are excited to move ahead with the acquisition of MultiPay SAS in Bogota, Colombia, and expand our payment technology portfolio," CEO Thomas Szoke said. Read More »

Jean-Charles Naouri recently announced that Casino Group has changed its structure by regrouping all of the casino’s operations in Latin America. These changes have strengthened its organizations so the casino can now focus on growth drivers. Read More »

On July 20 TCL Corp., along with TCL Multimedia and some of its other businesses, attended the biggest consumer electronics show in Latin America. TCL Corp. plans to enter the color TV market in Brazil, and attending the Eletrolar Show 2015 was a major step. Read More »

Condor Resources Inc. recently announced that the company has sold its Chile-based subsidiary, Minera Condor Limitada, to another private company in Chile. Condor had owned 99.99 percent of its subsidiary, which sold for $44,000. Read More »

Belatrix Software, an agile innovator based in Latin America, recently partnered with Hubert Smits -- an agile expert, thought leader and author -- to provide Peru with Certified Scrum Master Training. Scrum is a software development methodology. Read More »

Sierra Metals Inc. recently announced that its Sociedad Minera Corona S.A. operation in Peru has produced 2 million silver equivalent ounces in the second quarter of 2015. Corona recently filed its unaudited financial statements for the second quarter. Read More »

Special Economic Area Panama Pacifico has started to construct the company’s first LEED-certified Class A office building, a move that will make the area’s international business community more competitive. The 18,624-square-foot building will be seven stories. Read More »

Chile's Parque Arauco S.A. recently announced it will begin developing its first outlet mall in Colombia and its seventh neighborhood shopping center in Peru. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer is latest Republican to introduce bill to lift 55-year-old embargo. Read More »

New office will work with existing office in Santiago, Chile Read More »

Market research survey shows Mexico's Internet users lead the pack of those who favor cloud. Read More »

Chile-based Lan, majority owner of the Lan Tam airline group and which operates in seven markets in the Latin American region, will add destinations and increase frequencies from Latin America to Europe and North America during 2015, a company spokeswoman said. Read More »

Brazilian company will assist Premier in securing financing and joint venture partners. Read More »

Sequoia Space, a Colombian company involved in the manufacturing of small satellites, has found room for expansion in Latin America, and thanks to new related initiatives projects a jump in revenue within two years. Read More »

Open source-based legacy integration platform provider OpenLegacy announced a partnership with Seis Delta, a consulting firm based in Mexico that specializes in business process automation solutions, IT Infrastructure, re-engineering and process governance. Read More »

Britvic, one of the leading soft drinks companies in Europe with operations in Great Britain, Ireland and France, is betting on the long-term prospects of Brazil with the recently announced purchase of Empresa Brasileira de Bebidas e Alimentos (Ebba), a company spokesman said Thursday. Read More »

The high performance fabric brands of Safety Components Inc., Armor AP and Glide, have been selected as the fabrics of choice to protect Chile's approximately 40,000 volunteer firefighters. The government will assist in funding for these protective garments. Read More »

Cuba, a self-proclaimed socialist nation of eleven million that for over half a century has suffered a costly economic blockade, will in spite of this expand in 2015 at a fast rate and see an investment surge, according to The United Nation´s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Read More »