Past Events

LATCAM is honored to organize a webinar on U.S. Presidential Elections: What is at stake for Latin America? with our distinguished guest speaker Professor Joseph W. Westphal. The United States plays an essential role for Latin America as one of the most important trading partners for most countries, the home of about 30 million migrants and by far the largest source of foreign currency remittances. US investments in Latin America are also very substantial. Since the failure to finalise the…

The 2020 Latin America Day took place, for the first time, as a Zoom webinar. LATCAM thanks its fantastic speakers and moderators for their contributions that made this virtual event a success! The Latin America Day was generously supported by     Program with biographies: PDF   Special joint video message in Spanish/Portuguese from the bilateral Chambers in Latin America: LINK   Slide presentation "Financial Outlook" by Esteban Polidura (Julius Baer): PDF   To view the webinar recording (3 hrs 19…

LATCAM is honored to host a webinar with Roberto Azevêdo, Executive Vice-President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of PepsiCo and former Director General of the WTO, with the objective to assess the state of the multilateral trade system by looking at the challenges and perspectives for Latin America. Roberto Azevêdo has led the WTO over the past seven years and has a deep knowledge of the importance of global trade for sustainable development and inclusive growth as well as the…

The term «Multilatina» is relatively recent, but the growth and expansion of these Latin American multinational corporations has been going on for decades. They span over many sectors, such as agriculture, consumer goods, mining, retail or infrastructure, paving the way for easier direct foreign investment in the region. LATCAM is delighted to offer a webinar with Dr. Lourdes Casanova who is a leading expert on multinationals in emerging markets, focussing in particular on the future of the «Multilatinas»: How do…

Dear Members and Partners, LATCAM is tremendously grateful for your continued loyalty and support. As a sign of appreciation and to allow us all to start the 2021 business year with power and energy, we are inviting you to join a 90-minute free Online Resilience Training on January 14, 2021, at 12.30-2.00 p.m. (Zurich time). The Resilience Training will provide you with valuable tools and give you a deeper understanding on how you can holistically increase your resilience as well…

LATCAM and the Swiss Chambers of Commerce in Latin America are honored and delighted to invite you to participate in our joint webinar «The role of the IDB in the time of COVID» featuring as our distinguished guest speaker Mauricio Claver-Carone, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The webinar will be moderated by William R. Rhodes, President of William R. Rhodes Global Advisors LLC. The session will particularly focus on questions such as the economic growth of Latin America…

LATCAM was delighted to invite you to join us for our 2021 Latin America Day, which was held as a webinar with a sequence of afternoon sessions. Our outstanding guest speakers and moderators touched on a variety of topics, such as economic and financial outlook for Latin America, the impact of COVID-19 on economic and political relations between Switzerland and Latin America, success stories of companies already established in the region, social responsibility through the endorsement of safety, education, equality…

The 44th AGM was the first virtual one ever held by LATCAM. After welcoming the 33 members and guests, President Ramon Esteve acknowledged the fact that LATCAM had quite a good year despite the difficult and changed work environment due to COVID-19, which led us to introduce our digital program with a number of compelling webinars and an increased international audience. Treasurer Manfred Ebling presented the audited financial statements, which for the first time in many years were positive, indicating…