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 March of 2008
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.
March
14, 2008
| Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. | ||
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| By: /s/ Pedro Toll | ||
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Name: Pedro Toll |
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| Title: Deputy Manager | ||
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLADEX
ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND PAYMENT
FOR
FIRST QUARTER 2008
Panama
City, Republic of Panama, March 14, 2008 - Banco Latinoamericano de
Exportaciones, S.A. (Bladex) (NYSE: BLX), announced today that the $0.22
per
share quarterly cash dividend corresponding to the first quarter of 2008
and
approved by the Board of Directors on February 13, 2007, is
payable on April 4, 2008 to the Bank’s stockholders as of record March
25, 2008.
As
of
February 29, 2008, Bladex had 36,370,148.79
common
shares outstanding of all classes.
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 www.bladex.com
or
contact:
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Bladex,
Head Office, Calle 50 y Aquilino de la Guardia, Panama, Republic
of
Panama
Attention:
Mr. Jaime Celorio, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer
Tel.:
(507) 210-8563, E-mail: jcelorio@bladex.com
-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:
bladex@i-advize.com
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