The Brazlian agency Empresa Baiana de Águas e Saneamento S.A. has signed a grant agreement with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency that will fund a feasibility study of possible improvements to the city of Salvador’s wastewater treatment system. Read More »

Emirates Airlines & Group has announced it will start a new daily service to Panama City that will offer 15 tons of cargo space and 266 seats. At 17 hours, 35 minutes, this service will set a world record as the longest nonstop daily commercial flight. Read More »

Argentina´s state oil company YPF has paid $122 million for a 50 percent stake in LyondellBasell´s Petroken, which it will now control with Grupo Inversor Petroquimico, and a 46 percent stake in Petrocuyo, a second petrochemical plant. Read More »

Optomec has announced it has reached a distribution agreement with Viwa to carry its LENS family of 3D metal printers in Mexico and Central America. The LENS family can repair, rework and create metal components using super alloys, titanium and stainless steel. Read More »

Keller Williams' franchises in Belize and Colombia have seen sustained growth and an explosion of talent as the company’s global momentum keeps rolling. Amid this growth, Bill Soteroff has been introduced as president of Keller Williams Worldwide. Read More »

Red Eagle Mining Corporation on Tuesday announced the start of construction at Red Eagle Mining's 100-percent-owned, fully permitted and fully financed San Ramon Gold Mine in Antioquia, Colombia. Read More »

The inaugural The Future of Energy: Latin America’s Path to Sustainability event, which was organized by the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), was held this past Aug. 18 in Santiago, Chile. 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 »

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 »

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

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »