State Department names finalists for design of U.S. Embassy in Brazil

The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations has selected six design firms in Part One of its two-stage selection process for the building of the new U.S. Embassy Compound in Brasilia, Brazil. In the second stage of the selection process, the shortlisted firms will assemble their technical teams and submit qualifications for evaluation. Read More »

Cancana, Ferrometals provide update on Manganese exploration venture

Cancana Resources Corp., with its venture partner Ferrometals, provided an update on Phase One of its expedition in Rondonia, Brazil. Cancana has received final aerial geophysics survey data and initial assays from drilling. The results are positive and confirm the company's operating geological model that supports the existence of significant, high-tenor mineralization. Read More »

National conference for Spanish-language journalists set for April

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists announced Wednesday that it will launch its first annual conference for Spanish-language journalists in 2016.The NAHJ is working in collaboration with Hispanicize 2016 to coordinate a weeklong track of Spanish-language journalism sessions. The first conference is scheduled for April 4-8 at the InterContinental Hotel in Miami.  Read More »

Telco Cuba's CEO offers updates after meeting with U.S. officials

Telco Cuba Inc. announced new updates from the company’s CEO and founder William Sanchez after meetings this week in Cuba at the recently re-opened United States Embassy in Havana. While in Cuba, Sanchez met with Gilberto Torres, the U.S. Economics Officer at the United States Embassy in Cuba. Torres told Sanchez the U.S. government's resources were at their disposal.  Read More »

Libra Terminais Rio completes Navis N4 installation

Navis, part of Cargotec Corp. and provider of operational technologies and services for terminal operators, announced yesterday that Libra Terminais Rio in Rio de Janeiro has completed implementation of the Navis N4 Terminal Operating System. Libra Terminais Rio is in Brazil’s port of Rio de Janeiro, a port that houses one of the largest bonded warehouses in the region. Read More »

Packers Plus continues international expansion into Argentina

Packers Plus Energy Services Inc., a leader and innovator in multi-stage completions systems, announced this week that it will be expanding into the Latin American region with several new locations in Argentina. Its newest sales and service centers in Neuquen and Buenos Aires will be celebrated this week at a reception hosted by the Canadian Embassy in Argentina. Read More »

Brazilian Skol tops Mexico's Corona to become No. 1 Latin brand

Unlike the rest of the world where technology brands are the most valuable, beer names are worth the most in Latin America and this year Brazilian beer Skol overcame Corona to become the brand with the biggest value in the six countries surveyed. “The difference between both brands is minimal. One is worth $8.5 billion and the other $8.476 billion,” Fernando Alvarez said. Read More »

GroGenesis officials eye expansion into Cuban market

GroGenesis sat down with representatives from the city of Camaguey, Cuba, Chamber of Commerce to discuss the possibility of developing a strategic partnership between the company and the agricultural arm of the Cuban government. GroGenesis is interested in working with the Cuban government to develop a program to help provide sustainable agricultural practices in Cuba. Read More »

Security infrastructure spending in Latin America creates opportunity

Latin American spending on security infrastructure in borders, ports, airports and prisons has increased in recent years as countries replace outdated equipment, a security expert told Latin Business Daily. The market for those products has expanded so that it may provide $500 million in sales over five years, Eduardo Parodi with Smiths Detection said in a telephone interview Friday. Read More »

Americas Petrogas receives Argentina bonds related to oil plus benefits

Americas Petrogas, Inc. said it has received approximately $1.4 million in bonds from Tecpetrol International as part of the agreement to sell Americas Petrogas Argentina S.A. (Apasa) to Tecpetrol in August. The bonds are part of a larger issue by the Argentina government in settlement of the oil plus benefits which were previously applied for by Apasa. Read More »

Colombian companies face rising taxes as government oil revenue drops

Colombian companies face a challenging scenario as the country´s government, hit by declining oil-related revenue, is increasing taxes to try to offset lost income. Oil related revenues account for a large percentage of government income, so the decline in oil prices “left an important hole,” Natalia O'Byrne, director of Fitch Ratings Colombia, told Latin Business Daily. Read More »

UTi Worldwide opens new contract facility in Mexico

UTi Worldwide, aiming to strengthen its growth in Mexico, recently opened a new contract facility in Irapuato. The 8,200-square-foot facility has capacity for 2,800 pallets and the potential for rapid expansion. The multi-client warehouse space offers room for valued-added contract logistics including vendor-managed inventory, sub-assembly, kitting and other services. Read More »