BLX Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. (Bladex) (NYSE:BLX), announced today that the $0.22 per share quarterly cash dividend corresponding to the fourth quarter of 2007 and approved by the Board of Directors on February 13, 2007, is payable on January 17, 2008 to the Bank's stockholders of record as of January 7, 2008. As of November 30, 2007, Bladex had 36,370,149.29 common shares outstanding of all classes. Bladex also confirmed that its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, which includes the Bank's audited financial statements, was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2007 and is available on the Bank's website at: http://www.bladex.com/. Shareholders may request a hard copy of this report, free of charge, to the following contact: Mr. Carlos Yap S. SVP & CFO Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. -Bladex- Tel. (507) 210-8563 Fax (507) 269-6333 E-mail: Bladex is a supranational bank originally established by the Central Banks of Latin America and Caribbean countries to promote trade finance in the Region. Based in Panama, its shareholders include central and state-owned entities in 23 countries of the Region, as well as Latin American and international commercial banks, and institutional and retail investors. For further information, please access our website on the Internet at http://www.bladex.com/ or contact: Bladex, Head Office, Calle 50 y Aquilino de la Guardia, Panama, Republic of Panama Attention: Mr. Carlos Yap S., Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Tel.: (507) 210-8563, E-mail: -or- i-advize Corporate Communications, Inc., 82 Wall Street, Suite 805, New York, NY 10005 Attention: Ms. Melanie Carpenter or Mr. Peter Majeski Tel.: (212) 406-3690, E-mail: DATASOURCE: Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. CONTACT: Carlos Yap S., Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Bladex, +1-507-210-8563, ; or Melanie Carpenter or Peter Majeski, both of i-advize Corporate Communications, Inc., +1-212-406-3690, , for Bladex Web site: http://www.blx.com/ http://www.bladex.com/

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