Majestic Semillas, an agricultural sales and distribution company providing services in Mexico, said its recent acquisition by Chromatin, an agriculture technology company that specializes in sorghum, will allow Majestic Semillas to begin testing several new hybrids that are tolerant of the sugarcane…
ZRG Partners, a leader in talent management and executive search, recently expanded further into Brazil by adding Aline Lex to its financial services team. Lex will be joining the Sao…
Brazil-based GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, the biggest best-fare and low-cost airline in Latin America, recently said it has employed SkyWorks Capital LLC, a specialized financial advisory firm, to help…
Fibra Inn, a Mexico real estate investment trust that specializes in providing business travelers with worldwide brands in the hotel field, has formally agreed to purchase Casa Grande Ciudad Juarez…
Equinix, the worldwide interconnection and data center company, recently said it has invested $76 million for a new data center based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The new center will offer…
Chambers Latin America ranked Akerman LLP, a leading U.S. law firm, one of the top four law firms within Cuba Thursday. The ranking was included in the Cuba: Corporate/Commercial category, which…
NexusTours, a full-service destination management company that is part of Suwing Travel Group, recently signed a partnership deal with Grupo Gaviota, the most established travel company in Cuba. The companies will combine…
Panorama, the worldwide group of independent executive search firms, recently partnered with EXEC. A top search firm in Brazil, EXEC is a boutique consultancy that provides clients with search and…
Shopping center developer and operator Parque Arauco S.A. agreed to acquire Grupo Bancolombia’s remaining 45 percent equity interest in Inversions Inmobiliarias Arauco Alameda S.A.S., a Colombian-based real estate adviser and…
Puerto Rico asked Congress to restructure the island’s debt by invoking Super Chapter 9 Thursday. Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla and Antonio Weiss, from the U.S. Treasury Department, requested…
Payment leader Visa launched Visa Checkout for online shopping in Brazil Friday. The online checkout offering enables customers to buy items quicker from any electronic device, and 96 percent of…
Market intelligence provider Ipreo partnered with BM&FBOVESPA Thursday to improve its relations with its investors throughout Brazil. The partnership will serve to provide investor relations reporting through BM&FBOVESPA Investor Relations…
Orvana Minerals Corp. recently announced that it is on schedule with its life extensions activities taking place at Don Mario Mine and the company’s evaluation for recommissioning its current CIL…
Odin Service Automation recently announced that it has partnered with Intcomex, the top distribution company with the biggest value-added solutions platform in Latin America, to enlarge Odin’s cloud services for…
In an effort to beef up its Latin American offerings, Alvarez & Marsal, a worldwide professional services firm, appointed Fabio Pires as its Los Angeles, California-based managing director and Alvaro…
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker recently made Eduardo Leite the new chair of the American portion of the US-Brazil CEO Forum. The change was made because the previous chair, Patricia…
Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, commonly called Bladex, recently announced that it has closed a three-year syndicated loan worth $175 million. The transaction included banks from Taiwan, Japan and China…
Goldsource Mines recently released an update on its Eagle Mountain Gold Project in Guyana, saying it will commission its Phase I production by the fourth quarter. The report addresses the near-surface…
Two Brazilian facilities under Halliburton, one in Rio de Janeiro and the other in Macae, and another nine of Halliburton’s lines based there have earned the American Petroleum Institute (API)…
A total of three firms — Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan and Itau BBA — are currently tied and competing for first place within Institutional Investor’s 2015 Latin…
MyMalls recently announced that it has launched a novel 24-hour delivery retail shipping website, specifically dedicated to online shoppers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Maker of non-intrusive sensing systems beefs up business network at Ecuador event.
Colin Liebich from BAE Audio recently shared his insights about equipment application and selection with the VonKelemen Foundation’s students in Latin America. VonKelemen is an online learning center that launched…
Multicaja, one of the biggest payment processing networks in Chile, has started to use Verifone’s 3G wireless payment terminal solution for merchants who can improve their customers’ experiences by using…
Arizona-based firm will upgrade and support firm’s satellite mobile network.
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