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Ecopetrol S.A. recently reported that Fitch Ratings has affirmed its foreign and local currency hold Issuer Default Ratings of BBB and BBB+. "Ecopetrol's ratings reflect its strong financial profile and improving production levels,” Fitch said in its report. Read More »

Provectus Biopharmaceuticals Inc. announced it has reserved health care communications company PharmaHEALTHLabs to coordinate and facilitate an Investigator Advisory Board meeting during the 11th Brazilian Melanoma Conference from Aug. 13-15 in Brazil. Read More »

RISI on June 17 announced that it has named Suzano Chief Executive Officer Walter Schalka its 2015 Latin American CEO of the Year, as selected by a group of investment analysts and portfolio managers covering the Latin American and global pulp and paper industry. Read More »

Andersen Global announced its expansion into Latin America with the addition of accounting and law firms NOVINT; Capin, Ibañez & Asociados; and Montes, Hernández, López y Del Castillo in Mexico. The firms will be known in Mexico as Andersen Tax & Legal. Read More »

Pro Mach, a leading provider of integrated packaging and processing products and solutions, announced June 15 that the company is expanding the support of its Latin American customers with a new business and facility in Mexico. Read More »

Daimler’s wholly owned subsidiary, Daimler Colombia S.A., is opening a bus plant in Funza, Colombia, with an installed capacity of 4,000 units per year. A total of $2 million is being invested in the Colombian bus plant, which occupies 11,000 square meters. Read More »

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. has announced three new appointments to its leadership team, which has been assembled to focus on the company’s digital distribution channels, anime game offerings and Latin American business and marketing operations. Read More »

Company reviews details of Mexico operations and PPG-Comex acquisition. Read More »

SunEdison Inc., the world's biggest renewable energy development company, signed a definitive agreement on June 12 to acquire 100 percent of Central America's leading renewable energy company, Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy. Read More »

Acquisition of advertising technology company will position AppNexus for faster growth on the continent. Read More »

Rafael Castillo brings more than two decades of experience to new position. Read More »

DIAGNOS said on Monday that it has been awarded a contract to provide diabetic-retinopathy screening with a global pharmaceutical company and its subsidiary in Mexico Under the contract, DIAGNOS will provide turnkey screening services for thousands of diabetic patients in Mexico City and the Mexican states of Toluca, Chiapas and San Luis Potosi. Screening will be offered to diabetics affiliated with different Mexican Public Health institutions. Read More »

The Latin Trade Group recently named six CEOs of Latin American companies who will make up the first group to be recognized at the BRAVO Business Awards on Oct. 29 in Miami. Read More »

Dynamic International Airways will begin operating its daily service between Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Caracas Simon Bolivar International Airport (CCS) on July 17. Read More »

Belatrix Software, a Latin American Agile innovator, and Sri Lanka-based open source platform provider, WSO2, have entered into a new partnership. Read More »

Empresas ICA, the largest infrastructure and construction company in Mexico, said on Friday that it is planning a massive Mexican toll road and highway concessions project with CDPQ, one of Canada’s leading fund managers,  covering 269 miles of highway across the country. CDPQ said the final plan calls for creating an operations platform that would own concessions for four of ICA’s operational toll roads and highways. Read More »

Miami-based High Hill Entertainment and Televen this week began recording the Spanish-language Latin American cooking and talk show “Sabrosa Passion” in Venezuela. Read More »

"Constituent Mandate 13," an amendment to the Ecuadorian Constitution, was jammed through the nation's legislature by a powerful and vindictive president. Mandate 13 is unique in history is that it was the first constitutional amendment that was targeted directly at individuals. Read More »

A reprint from October 1981 in The Miami News, this article was the 12th in a series that looked at the banking relationship between Miami and Latin America. Read More »