FMC Corp. closed a definitive agreement to sell Consagro Agroquimica to Atanor do Brasil, the Brazilian subsidiary of Albaugh LLC. The confidential agreement encompasses FMC’s generic crop protection distribution and sales subsidiary.  Read More »

Brazilian chicken meat producers have been able to increase exports thanks to strict controls to prevent bird flu as well as a depreciation of the local currency, a country expert told Latin Business Daily by telephone from Brasilia Friday. Read More »

DuSolo Fertilizers announced its new agreement with Mineração Batalha e Participações to acquire the São Roque Phosphate Project in southeast Brazil. The project is in Minas Gerais and São Paulo and high-grade phosphate mineralization has been identified. Read More »

Amyris Inc., an industrial bioscience company, on Friday announced it has entered into a memorandum of understanding for an exclusive distribution and reseller agreement with Contém 1G, one of the leading cosmetics companies in Brazil. Read More »

Over 600 delegates took part in day one of the main conference Sept. 1 at this year’s Airports Council International (ACI) Latin America-Caribbean/World Annual General Assembly, Conference and Exhibition (WAGA). Read More »

Italy-based Saipem was recently awarded onshore drilling contracts in the Middle East and South America (Colombia and Peru). Read More »

Toronto-based Rosita Mining Corp. recently began drilling on the Rosita-D Concession in Nicaragua, a 2,500-meter reverse circulation drill program with 1,050 meters of infill drilling with a goal to increase stockpile. Read More »

Loyalty currency management corporation Points has expanded its Loyalty Partners reward currencies. Read More »

The first of a series of cocoa-related meetings overseen by the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) took place recently in San Salvador. Read More »

LAVCA: Fundraising increased 21 percent with firms raising an aggregate $4.27 billion Read More »

Capital markets trading firm visits World Trade Center Panama as it eyes expansion. Read More »

The speed at which Latin American researchers and scientists can connect online has improved, thanks to an enhanced network recently developed with the support of an award from the U.S.-based National Science Foundation. Read More »

DHL Global Forwarding celebrates more than 15 years transporting chocolates and cocoa-based products as part of International Chocolate Day, celebrated on Sept. 13. Read More »

Company opens Latin American office to assist businesses with sales and pricing Read More »

The Western Union Company, a global payment services, said last week that the younger Cuban generation, under 18 years old, expressed the highest overall tone of optimism regarding the fast-changing relationship between the U.S. and Cuba, reveals an analysis of more than 10.4 million social media posts recorded between December 2014 and August 2015. Read More »

NII Holdings has announced a strategic alliance with Grupo Clarin in Argentina. Read More »

Peru's sole Coca-Cola bottler will globalize as part of new partnership. Read More »

Duran Ventures recently announced that the company has signed an agreement with a private Peruvian company to design and establish a toll-milling operation in northern Peru. Read More »

In the last hours Peruvian natives have seized an airport at Andoas and Block 192, which is the nation's biggest crude oil production field, as they demand President Ollanta Humala´s government restart dialogue over environmental damage and compensation. Read More »

New facility is IBM's second cloud data center in Brazil. Read More »