Statistics from Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade indicate thriving trade relations between Arab countries and Brazil. The South American country exported $5.79 billion worth of products to the region during the first half of 2015. Read More »

The board of directors of Ecopetrol has authorized the creation of a Colombian company. The creation of the new subsidiary seeks to develop offshore activities in Colombia, which the company currently carries out as operator and non-operator. Read More »

GuiaBolso announced a third round of investment totaling $7 million from a prominent group of venture capital funds and angel investors. Ribbit Capital, a venture capital firm focused in backing financial technology startups, led the round. Read More »

Deal is Opera's second acquisition of Latin American tech company. Read More »

The Superintendency of Banks Organization has declared there will be changes for cheques issued by banks in Panama. Read More »

Travel to Latin America is expected to grow faster in coming years, in part as Mexico will see a greater number of U.S. visitors along with an economic recovery, but other destinations have also improved their offer and travel to the Caribbean will surge, a recent report showed. Read More »

Seven pieces of mining equipment and 10 Gold Cube Technology units will be used in Tipauni area Read More »

The number of transactions in which private equity and venture capital firms invested in Latin America expanded 31 percent from the previous year in 2014 and activity this year is expected to continue strong, specifically in the energy industry. Read More »

Wine producers in Spain, a country that competes with France and Italy for the place of biggest world producer, want to increase the market share that they have in Brazil, the biggest imported wine market in South America and representing $300 million in annual revenue. Read More »

AlertDriving, a leader in driver risk management, today announced a new channel partnership that will bring its solutions to more fleets in Argentina. AlertDriving’s new partner, Jorge Elvira y Asociados (JEA), is a consultancy firm created in 2012. Read More »

SC Johnson has been recognized in Brazil as a 2015 Best Workplace by the Great Place to Work Institute. The company ranked 14th on the Great Place to Work list in Brazil, up from 17th in 2013. It was ranked No. 3 for companies of up to 1,000 employees. Read More »

The credit quality of Colombian corporates remains resilient despite a slowdown in the economy, according to Fitch Ratings. Heavy weighting of the portfolio to the utilities sector has made the ratings more resilient to economic challenges. Read More »

Grupo Éxito’s Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting, held on Tuesday, has approved the acquisition of 50 percent of the voting rights in Grupo Pão de Açúcar, which is Brazil's leading retailer, and 100 percent of Libertad in Argentina. Read More »

Neptune Pharma on Wednesday announced that the generic version of Benchmark Holding's Salmosan sea lice product, which contains Azamethiphos for use on farmed salmon, has been approved by Chile's Servicio Agrìcola y Ganadero. Read More »

SolarReserve, a leader in base load solar power solutions and advanced solar thermal technology, has received environmental approval from the Chilean government to advance one of the largest solar projects in the world with energy storage. Read More »

Canadian-based company will now be known as Pacific Exploration and Production. Read More »

Softcup announced Wednesday that DKT International is the sole distributor of Softcup menstrual cups in Brazil, where they will now be sold under the name Prudence Softcup. Read More »

TCR Telecom in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recently implemented a new municipal network with packet platforms from Ciena. Read More »

As a leading independent provider of enterprise software, Rimini Street has signaled its intention to expand its position in the Latin American market by hiring industry veteran Edenize Maron as general manager for its Latin America division. Read More »

White Mountain Titanium Corporation Markets today announced that it has signed of a letter of intent with Nexo Capital Partners to fund, construct and manage a desalination plant that forms part of White Mountain’s Cerro Blanco mining project in Chile. Read More »