Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. ``BLADEX'' Announces First Quarter Year 2002 Earnings Conference Call; Friday, April 19, 2002, At 11:00 a.m. ET.

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PANAMA CITY, Republic of Panama--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2001

Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. ("BLADEX") (NYSE:BLX), a specialized multinational bank established to finance trade in the Latin American and the Caribbean region, reported results for the first quarter year 2002 that ended on March 31, 2002.

Link to Report Page: http://www.blx.com/press.html

BLADEX will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter year 2002 results on Friday, April 19, 2002, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at BLADEX's web site http://www.blx.com/

The webcast is also been distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investor can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network such as America Online's Personal Finance Channel. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). StreetEvents allows institutional investors to identify, organize, and track the hundreds of conference calls that occur each day during earnings season, to download events of interest to their Outlook calendar, and to RSVP to events online.

Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. ("BLADEX"), with $5.0 billion in assets, is a specialized multinational bank established to finance trade in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Its shareholders include central banks from 23 countries in the region and 173 commercial banks (from the Region, as well as international banks) and private investors. Its mission is to channel funds for the development of Latin America and the Caribbean, and to provide integrated solutions for the promotion of the region's exports. BLADEX is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Further investor information can be found at www.blx.com

BLADEX, Head Office, Calle 50 y Aquilino de la Guardia, Panama, Panama

Attention: Carlos Yap, Vice President, Finance and Performance Management

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The Galvin Partnership, 67 Mason Street, Greenwich, CT 06830

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