São Paulo based Stefanini, a $1B global provider of IT outsourcing, applications management and consulting, and strategic staffing services, has announced that it has acquired Paipa, Boyacá based Government ERP provider Sysman SAS, which will change its name to Stefanini Sysman...
Local and regional governments (LRGs) in Brazil and Colombia should face similar challenges from the decline in commodities prices and their importance to their economies, according to Fitch Ratings. LRGs in Colombia and Brazil suffer from high numbers of informal workers (those...
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has unveiled the initial results of a new methodology to measure the costs of traffic congestion and improve understanding of how poor traffic mobility affects the economy and productivity of cities in Latin America and the Caribbean....
Global IT services firm Unisys has announced a vertical realignment of its LACSA region (Latin America, Central, South & Andean), naming current Vice President and General Manager Carlos Ferrer (above) as the head of the region’s financial services practice. Unisys counts...
Avianca Holdings S.A. (NYSE: AVH) (BVC: PFAVH), the parent company for Colombia’s flagship airline, and private equity firm Advent International, today announced that they have inked a deal in which Advent will acquire a 30% of the shares of LifeMiles B.V, the subsidiary of...
Toronto based executive search firm The Caldwell Partners International Inc. (TSX: CWL) today announced a significant expansion into Latin America by forming a strategic alliance with CPGroup Latam Ltd., a company founded by the partners that established and led the Latin...
In December 2014, and in just 13 days, Avianca received delivery of its first four Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This signals the end of the first phase of incorporation of the Dreamliners. The remaining aircraft will be incorporated into the fleet between 2015 and 2019....