The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) has released a special video to celebrate National Coffee Day and International Coffee Day, which were observed Tuesday and Thursday, respectively. On the video, coffee growers explain how they imagine their product is consumed around the world. The campaign aims to create an emotional connection between consumers and producers. Read More »

Governments and businesses are bracing for the November arrival of El Nino, a five-month weather phenomenon that many fear will cause massive losses.“We have been following reports of a special committee and things looking worse as time goes by. We do know it will be of a big magnitude,” Carlos Gonzalez, chief of economic studies of the Lima-based Association of Exporters, said. Read More »

Petroecuador, the Ecuadorean state oil company, on Wednesday announced a broad program of works that will end in November, including the restart of “the heart” of its biggest refinery. The budget for Esmeraldas refinery improvements, which include taking total crude processing capacity to 110,000 barrels per day and an overall upgrade of the facility, amounts to $1.2 billion. Read More »

PPG Industries has completed a $27 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico. The company marked completion of the project with a grand-opening ceremony attended by Queretaro State Gov. Jorge Lopez Portillo Tostado and San Juan del Rio Mayor Fabian Pineda Morales. The new facilities are expected to add another 115 jobs. Read More »

Graña y Montero on Tuesday announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Odebrecht Latinvest, and that Graña y Montero Group will participate in the construction of a gas pipeline in Peru. Concesionaria Gasoducto Sur Peruano is responsible for the design, construction and operation of the pipeline that will bring natural gas to the southern region of Peru. Read More »

For the past 25 years, the Chilean agriculture ministry´s Institute of Agriculture and Livestock Investigations has kept a highly secured vault built in the middle of a mountain that is meant to protect seeds and preserve agricultural biodiversity in cases of a natural disaster or a human-caused catastrophe. The vault is part of a system of five seed-and tubers-banks across Chile. Read More »

Outokumpu has entered into an agreement with F.E.R. Fischer Edelstahlrohre GmbH concerning a joint venture between the companies known as Fischer Mexicana. Under agreement terms, Outokumpu will sell its 50 percent stake in the joint venture to Fischer for $63 million. The transaction, designed to reduce Outokumpu's outstanding debts, is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Read More »

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a global provider of kidney care services, recently announced plans to begin operations in Brazil. DaVita, which already operates in 11 countries serving more than 1.5 million patients, says it will assist Brazilian physicians with a worldwide network of experts, training programs, and clinical and administrative service standards. Read More »

JetBlue has expanded its Latin American footprint by adding daily flights to Mexico City from both Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. Travelers flying JetBlue will now be able to aboard a spacious A320 aircraft from either Orlando International Airport (MCO) or Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and land at Mexico City International Airport (MEX). Read More »

Sierra Wireless reports its first integrated service platform that brings together cloud, IoT hardware and managed connectivity services for worldwide deployments is gaining traction on industrial applications for multiple organizations. The device enables global multi-operator coverage by linking Sierra Wireless and users, all managed from a single unified connectivity platform. Read More »

Latin Trade Group has released its annual list that features the Top 50 Businesswomen in Latin America 2015. Read More »

Software developer Zenoss has announced it will support several special events throughout different countries in October and November. Read More »

Gigamon Inc. (NYSE: GIMO), a U.S. network security company providing active visibility with products such as GigaSECURE® and Visibility Fabric™, recently announced its plans to expand into the Latin American (LATAM) market. Read More »

A leading Israeli pharmaceutical firm announced on Oct. 1 a $2.3 billion dollar deal to set itself up as a market leader in Mexico, the second largest medical market in Latin America and one of the five fastest growing worldwide. Read More »

Sawmills in Brazil have become more competitive in the export market the past few years because of lower sawlog costs as a result mainly of a depreciation of the Brazilian industry, an expert told Latin Business Daily. Read More »

The Colombia-based junior oil company Petrolatina will manage to increase its sales revenue this year following fast growth from past years even amid sharply lower crude oil prices. Read More »

Lorenzo Ortiz, a Puerto Rican filmmaker and comic series creator, has produced an animated version in Spanish language of “The Little Prince” by combining animations with recorded audios of the late renowned Puerto Rican reciter David Ortiz Anglero, his father. Read More »

Metso, a Finnish company involved in the mining, aggregates and processing industries, opened a new technology center in Arequipa, Peru, in early October to support its customers in Latin America. Read More »

A bilateral trade agreement signed Thursday between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Belize aims to attract investments from UAE and reinforce Belize as a regional energy leader in Central America and the Caribbean. Belize Natural Energy Limited, which believes that the country can have a similar development history as the UAE, highlighted the importance of the recent agreement. Read More »

Morgan Stanley Capital gave Peruvian officials nine months to raise trading volumes in the Lima stock exchange or else it will move the exchange out of the emerging markets category. The initial reaction in the Lima stock exchange after the Morgan Stanley announcement on Thursday was a “shy” 0.84 percent increase of the stock exchange main index to 10,114.65 points. Read More »