BLX Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA

Webcast Alert: Bladex Announces Fourth Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call PANAMA CITY, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bladex (NYSE:BLX) announces the following Webcast: What: Bladex 4th Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call When: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 @ 11:00 AM EST Where: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol- eventDetails&c=66595&eventID=1006044 To participate, please dial: 800-458-9009 (U.S. participants) 719-457-2623 (From outside the U.S.) Conference ID: 1604296 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact: In Panama, Carlos Yap S., Senior Vice President, Finance, Bladex, +011-507-210-8581, or fax, +011-507-269-6333, or ; in New York, Melanie Carpenter or Peter Majeski, i-advize Corporate Communications, Inc., +1-212-406-3690, or fax, +1-212-509-7711, or If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.blx.com . Bladex is a multinational bank originally established by the Central Banks of Latin American and Caribbean countries to promote trade finance in the Region. Based in Panama, its shareholders include central banks and state- owned entities in 23 countries in the Region, Latin American and international commercial banks, and institutional and retail investors in the New York Stock Exchange. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol- DATASOURCE: Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. CONTACT: In Panama, Carlos Yap S., Senior Vice President, Finance, Bladex, +011-507-210-8581, or fax, +011-507-269-6333, or ; in New York, Melanie Carpenter or Peter Majeski, both of i-advize Corporate Communications, Inc., +1-212-406-3690, or fax, +1-212-509-7711, or Web site: http://www.blx.com/

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