On the occasion of the publication of his latest book «Négociations Suisse-Union Européenne. Regard critique sur deux grands échecs et nouveaux espoirs» (2025, éd. Slatkine, Geneva), LATCAM’s Honorary Ambassador Dr. Philippe Nell gave an interview on Swiss-EU relations to Swiss-French newspaper «La Liberté», which was published on July 7, 2025. We are pleased to share this interview with our community.
Joint Statement by the Signatory State Parties of MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and the EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) on the conclusion of the negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement.
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Declaração conjunta dos Estados partes signatorios do Mercosul e dos Estados da EFTA sobre a conclusão das negociações de um acordo de livre comércio.
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Factsheet – click to read in Portuguese: LINK
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To download the Excel sheet of S-GE LatAm activities throughout 2025, please click on the following link:
If you would like to read this IDB Report, please click on the following LINK
LATCAM Invitation for the AICC Business Community Gala Night 2025
Time is flying and I do not want you to miss out on the 3rd Business Community Gala Night of the Association of International Chambers of Commerce (AICC) on March 21, 2025, in Geneva.
After two very successful and sold out Gala Night experiences, LATCAM and the other international Chambers of Commerce in Switzerland who are part of the AICC look forward to welcoming their guests at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, which provides excellent opportunity for socializing and personal networking as well as music and entertainment.
Registration is with your Chamber of Commerce – in this case LATCAM.
Please read all the details below!
Important registration and cancellation details:
Members of LATCAM and their spouses/partners pay CHF 200 per person, non-members CHF 240. Please email your registration to latcam@latcam.ch mentioning:
Registration and cancellation deadline is March 14, 2025!
Invoices will be issued immediately when confirming your registration and must be paid to the LATCAM account within 14 days.
Cancellation policy: You are entitled to full reimbursement before March 14, 2025. If you need to cancel thereafter, you are welcome to send a replacement. Late cancellations and no-shows will not be reimbursed.
Sponsoring
We are very grateful to the sponsors who support this extraordinary event. If you would like to become a sponsor of the AICC Gala Night 2025, please refer to the various options in the attached sponsorship package and let me know your choice latest by end of February so that your logo can be included. Additionally, you have the possibility to book a table of 10 seats for yourself and your guests (CHF 2000). The first full tables will have the place nearest to the stage.
I already look forward to welcoming you to this high-powered and wonderful cross-Chamber networking event next March.
Tatjana Gaspar,
Managing Director, LATCAM
Linda Walker and Gabriela Lippe-Holst, President and Vice-President of LATCAM respectively, followed an invitation by SECO to take part in a dinner with Santiago Peña, President of Paraguay, on the occasion of his visit in Geneva on January 30, 2025. The dinner was attended by a small but powerful group of Swiss corporate leaders.
For more information on President Peña’s meeting with Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, please read the official Press Release: LINK.
We wish to inform our worldwide constituency that Ramon Esteve who has been the President of the Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland (LATCAM) since June 2019, is resigning from his position effective January 1, 2025.
Ramon Esteve, an accomplished corporate leader, Board member of the commodities trading company ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Ltd. near Lausanne, and long-time President of the Swiss Trading and Shipping Organization (STSA) has served on the Board of LATCAM for many years. During this time, those who had the pleasure of working with Ramon came to appreciate his calm wisdom, visionary spirit, dedication, and common sense that helped steer the Chamber through difficult times. We are grateful to Ramon for all the years of smooth and pleasant collaboration and his unwavering support of our cause.
Ramon has accepted to remain involved as Honorary Chairman of the LATCAM Board and standing member of the Executive Committee.
At the same time, we are delighted to announce the Board’s unanimous approval that, effective January 1, 2025, Linda Walker von Graffenried assume the Presidency of LATCAM ad interim until formal confirmation during the Annual General Meeting 2025.
Linda Walker, a consummate finance professional, Managing Director of Walker von Graffenried Asset Management in Zurich, and dedicated Board member, has been involved with LATCAM for many years, whereby the Chamber could profit extensively from her worldwide connections, and her inclusive, solution and growth-oriented approach. Since 2016, Linda is also the Honorary Consul of Mexico in Zurich.
We congratulate Linda for her nomination as the first female President of LATCAM and look forward to continuing our productive collaboration with her!
Further changes on the Board of LATCAM will be visible on our website as of January 2025 and are also subject to ultimate confirmation by the AGM.
We are delighted to present you with the 7th edition of our Newsletter. To read, please click on the following
The 8th Edition of the Pódium Punto Latino took place at the Haute Ecole de Gestion in Fribourg and was labelled «Negociación Mercosur-AELC: Potencial de las Relaciones de Comercio e Inversión».
Ramon Esteve, President of LATCAM, and Daniel Otero, Coordinator of the LATCAM Youth Committee, were among the panelists of this important and well-attended event.
