Fitch Ratings said it expects loan growth for most countries in Central America to slow in the second half of 2015 as gross domestic product in the region stabilizes at lower rates. Corporate lending continues to be the driver of portfolio expansion. Read More »

The Chilean Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications (MTT) recently announced that Opus Inspection’s subsidiary in Chile will be awarded a concession to design, build and operate vehicle inspection stations in Region O'Higgins. Read More »

The United Nation´s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean is projecting that the South American economies will continue in 2015 a weakening pattern that started four years ago but which will now begin to increase unemployment and lead to an average contraction, with a deep decline in the regional economic powerhouse of Brazil. Read More »

Daimler Buses, a Germany-based maker of commercial vehicles, has increased its share in the key Brazilian bus market in the first half of 2015, a period in which it also put in place an assembly plant in Colombia, a company spokeswoman said. Read More »

The China-based Alibaba Group has recently entered into partnerships with the embassies of Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico to introduce products from the region to buyers in China, a company spokeswoman said. Read More »

The Inter-American Development Bank announced it will provide long-term loans to help Nicaraguan coffee farmers fight the effects of the coffee rust fungus that has hurt production and threatened the livelihoods of millions who depend on the coffee industry. Read More »

Daimler Buses recently announced that it has receive large orders for urban buses to be sent to large cities in Latin America. Daimler has provided Salvador, Brazil, with a delivery of 180 Mercedes-Benz bus chassis for the area’s plan to renew its fleet. Read More »

Ford and Ford Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Co., launched the Ford Driving Dreams Tour in Panama last week. The tour is an education initiative delivering more than $50,000 in motivational activities, school grants and scholarships designed. Read More »

Conceptual Engineering & Analysis Based Design announced CADsoft as its reseller for Spain, Portugal and Brazil. CEAD is an innovative product design methodology that is able to combine any mathematically consistent engineering constraints to any design. Read More »

The bungalow-workspace unites co-living and co-working ideas into a single experience Read More »

A small team of developers based in a rural area of South America has spent the past four years building up a web platform known as Tambero, which is dedicated to helping farmers and livestock producers improve productivity. Read More »

Exploration shows Argentinian gold-silver vein is larger than first thought. Read More »

Two government agencies will utilize Thinspace's virtual desktop solutions. Read More »

According to a recent report from Fitch Ratings, one of three statistical rating organizations recognized by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, applying a more realistic tariff to consumers in Brazil has decreased the risk of liquidity of distribution companies throughout 2015. Read More »

NPES, the Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, is sponsoring an educational conference in Brazil on Aug. 6, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Senai School José Mindlin Ephim in Barueri. Read More »

Facility includes Iogen's cellulosic ethanol technology to covert biomass into biofuel. Read More »

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the biggest and most dynamic hotel groups in the world, recently announced that Radisson Blu has expanded into Latin America with the launch of new hotels. Read More »

Zoloto Resources, Ltd recently has expanded its operations in Ecuador by acquiring interests in producing oil reserves. Zoloto Resources anticipates the expansions will have a positive impact on its business and on the economy of the local community. Read More »

CMA CGM Cayenne is the first of three new vessels being delivered to international shipping group. Read More »

¨Coderhouse has more than 200 students in Argentina and we expect to double that number this year. In Chile we have already graduated 30 students and we expect to triple that number,¨ said Pablo Ferreiro, co-founder of Coderhouse. Read More »