Bladex Announces Filing of Annual Report on Form 20-F

PANAMA CITY, June 26  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. ("Bladex" or "the Bank") (NYSE:BLX) announced today that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the "2008 Annual Report") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").  The 2008 Annual Report can be accessed by visiting either the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/ or Bladex's website at http://www.bladex.com/.

In addition, investors may receive a hard copy of Bladex's complete audited financial statements free of charge by requesting a copy from i-advize Corporate Communications, Inc. at 212-406-3694, or via email at .

  Bladex, Head Office
  Calle 50 y Aquilino de la Guardia, Panama City, Republic of Panama


Attention:  Mr. Jaime Celorio, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

  Tel.: [phone], 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.: [phone], E-mail: 



Bladex is a supranational 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 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 at http://www.bladex.com/ 

DATASOURCE: Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A.



CONTACT: Jaime Celorio, Bladex Senior Vice President & Chief Financial

Officer, +011-507-210-8630, ; or Melanie Carpenter or Peter

Majeski, [phone], , both of i-advize Corporate

Communications, Inc., for Bladex 



Web site:  http://www.bladex.com/ 

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