Emergent Payments has announced a new platform for payment solution to support e-commerce entrepreneurs in Brazil, called the Jumpstart Brazil, which aims to simplify the payment on online transactions, in addition to offering 23 local solutions to online shops; the Brazilian e-commerce presents an annual 24 percent growth and is expect to be worth $20 billion (USD) in 2015. Read More »

Pablo Otin was named solar power provider 8minutenergy Renewables new Vice President of Business Development in Latin America Monday. The solar company expects to develop 2.000 megawatts of solar photovoltaic projects in Latin America by 2020. Otin was Country Manager for Gestamp Solar in North America, where he was responsible for 11 operational projects and securing PPA contracts. Read More »

Latin American executives still fail to understand the importance of “reputational risk” in social media in a region with 340 million Internet users, communications expert and writer Alberto Arebalos told Latin Business Daily. Read More »

The most recent wealth report published by Credit Suisse said Latin American household wealth declined 17.1 percent between mid-2014 and mid-2015, making it the region with the steepest wealth drop. Read More »

Technology company Savcor recently upgraded its Suzano Pulp and Paper’s anodic protection system in Brazil. Pulp and Paper is investing in the much-needed upgrade of the Savcor Anodic Protection System in the digester 1 of its Mucuri Unit in Bahia, Brazil. Upgrades to the anodic protection system include the replacement of internal protection elements in the digester. Read More »

Kristine Senft has been announced as the vice president of sales and marketing at Hovione, where she will be based on East Windsor, New Jersey, and report to Guy Villax, who is the company's chief executive officer; previously, Senft held the same position at DSM Pharmaceutical Chemicals in Vienna, Austria, where she was responsible for regional and global marketing and sales organization. Read More »

Group Gondi and WestRock recently agreed to forming a joint venture in Mexico, combining their paper and packaging operations. Grupo Gondi operates 10 production sites with six paper machines, seven corrugated packaging plants and four high graphic folding carton plants with pre-printing capacity. WestRock operates three facilities in Mexico that produce corrugated packaging. Read More »

Venezuelans Andreina Urriola and Melissa Magill launched Geobici, an environmentally friendly bicycle delivery service in Lima, Peru, and have witnessed aggressive growth in seven months. Geobici was launched on March 1 with three cyclists making deliveries for just one restaurant four hours per day. Now, Geobici has 15 fixed clients with 13 cyclists making deliveries all day. Read More »

Azuga was chosen as a service provider for Uber’s Mexico division for its capability to track drivers, reduce liability and decrease costs. Uber car owners that have implemented Azuga into their fleets have seen a 72 percent decrease in accidents, 14 percent decrease in fuel consumption, 10 percent decrease in maintenance cost and a 12 percent decrease in operational costs. Read More »

Cemex, a building materials company, received the Certified Energy Efficient Datacenter (CEEDA) Gold Certification Tuesday for its data center after a four-months evaluation process. Cemex is the first company in America to receive the recognition, the highest distinction for energy efficiency strategy in the data center industry. The certification expires after two years. Read More »

Daniel Figueirido also will serve on company's executive committee. Read More »

Canadian renewable power producer Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to partner on renewable energy project opportunities in Mexico. The agreement between Innergex and CFE is an example of how companies are taking advantage of Mexico's new economic reforms. CFE produces and distributes electricity. Read More »

WindStream's PowerMill products make use of scaled down wind power devices where conventional large wind turbines do not meet the geographical or resource needs of the area. Consisting of three rows of PowerMills, the Argentinian project will feed energy into the grid powering LED lighting along the Camino del Buen Ayre, the first sustainable highway of Latin America. Read More »

Financial advisory company Aethel Partners confirmed Thursday Pivot, SGPS, SA signed a sale agreement with Parparticipadas for Banco Efisa. Based in London, Aethel Partners will act as Pivot's sole financial advisor for its acquisition of Banco Efisa. Ricardo Santos Silva, Aba Schubert, Mário Palhares and António Bernardo are also shareholders of Pivot, SGPS, SA. Read More »

The IX.br internet exchange facilitates connections to hundreds of peers and ISPs in the surrounding area. It connects to the country’s major metropolitan centers, including Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, as well as the countries surrounding Brazil in South America. Host Virtual has data centers in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. Brazil has experienced huge growth. Read More »

The Emilio Bacardi Group headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, recently went 100 percent solar with the installation of Kyocera Solar Inc.'s solar modules. The system will produce 34,533 kilowatt hours (kWh) a year, providing all the power the facility requires. The solar modules are expected to pay for themselves in five years with the help of government incentives. Read More »

DubLi Network, an e-commerce direct selling company through its Cash Back shopping platform DubLi.com, entered the Brazilian market Wednesday in its first expansion into South America. DubLi offers its business associates the opportunity to earn income by selling premium memberships of DubLi.com and marketing their online Cash Back shopping platform in nearly 100 countries. Read More »

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC recently scheduled their first hotel opening for their Mexico City location in 2019. The new Mexico City Ritz-Carlton will operate under a long-term management agreement with Thor Urbana Capital and Heldan Hotels & Resorts. The hotel will be part of the Chapultepec Uno mixed-use project, including 58 floors and 1.1 million square feet of space. Read More »

Spanish-language newspapers in the U.S. are going through a rich period and have an even better outlook though challenges remain, Reinaldo Escobar, a Colombian-born journalist and owner of The Spanish Times in Utah, recently told Latin Business Daily. The importance of Spanish-language media has grown along with the U.S. Hispanic community's political importance, Escobar said. Read More »

Latin America lacks a “bio-economy” strategy although there are some important advances, a United Nations representative recently told Latin Business Daily. Brazil, which has made advances in biofuels, and Argentina, with its crop improvements, stand out, Adrian Rodriguez, of the Agricultural Development area at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America, said.  Read More »