SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report
of
Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 Or 15d-16 Of The
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For
the
month of July of 2007
BANCO
LATINOAMERICANO DE EXPORTACIONES, S.A.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
LATIN
AMERICAN EXPORT BANK
(Translation
of Registrant’s name into English)
Calle
50
y Aquilino de la Guardia
P.O.
Box
0819-08730
El
Dorado, Panama City
Republic
of Panama
(Address
of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form
20-F
x Form
40-F
__
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in
this Form is also thereby furnishing information to the Commission pursuant
to
Rule 12g-3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes
__ No
x
(If
“Yes”
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b). 82__.)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto
duly authorized.
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Banco
Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A.
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| By: /s/ Pedro Toll | ||
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Name:
Pedro Toll
Title:
Deputy Manager
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLADEX
JOINS RUSSELL 3000 INDEX
Panama
City, Republic of Panama, July 9, 2007 - Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones,
S.A. (“Bladex”) (NYSE: BLX), a leading provider of trade finance services for
the Latin American and Caribbean region, announced today that its stock was
recently added to the broad-market Russell 3000Ò Index
according to the official membership list posted on www.russell.com.
Membership
in the Russell 3000, which remains in place for one year, means automatic
inclusion in the large-cap Russell 1000Ò
Index or
in the small-cap Russell 2000Ò,
as well
as in the appropriate growth and value style indexes. Russell determines
membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization
rankings and style attributes.
Russell
indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors
for
index funds, and as benchmarks for both passive and active investment
strategies. An industry-leading $4 trillion in assets are currently benchmarked
to them.
“This
is
a major step in supporting the liquidity of our stock, providing shareholders
the opportunity to invest in a proxy for the growth of our dynamic region,”
stated Jaime Rivera, Chief Executive Officer of Bladex.
About
Russell
Russell
Investment Group aims to improve financial security for people by providing
strategic advice, world-class implementation, state-of-the-art performance
benchmarks and a range of institutional-quality investment products. With
more
than $200 billion in assets under management, Russell serves individual,
institutional and advisor clients in more than 40 countries. Russell provides
access to some of the world’s best money managers. It helps investors put this
access to work in corporate defined benefit and defined contribution plans,
and
in the life savings of individual investors.
Russell’s
indexes are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. For
more
information on Russell indexes, go to www.russell.com.
About
Bladex
Bladex
is
a supranational bank originally established by the Central Banks of Latin
American and Caribbean countries to support trade finance in the Region.
Based
in Panama, its shareholders include central banks and state-owned entities
in 23
countries in the Region, as well as Latin American and international commercial
banks, along with institutional and retail investors. Through March 31, 2007,
Bladex had disbursed accumulated credits of over $146 billion.
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For
further information, please access Bladex on the Internet at www.blx.com
or
contact:
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Bladex,
Head Office, Calle 50 y Aquilino de la Guardia, Panama, Republic
of
Panama
Attention:
Carlos Yap S., Senior Vice President - Finance
Tel.:
(507) 210-8563, E-mail: cyap@blx.com
-or-
i-advize
Corporate Communications, Inc., 82 Wall Street, Suite 805,
New
York, NY 10005
Attention:
Melanie Carpenter / Peter Majeski
Tel.:
(212) 406-3690, E-mail:
bladex@i-advize.com
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