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Richards/Lerma has extended its Latin American operations to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and grown its creative services operations.

Cohn & Wolfe announced it has been named Hispanic PR agency of record for automotive manufacturer Nissan North America following a competitive bid process.  The agency will help advance consumer awareness and preference for the Nissan brand across the United States.

SapientNitro, part of Sapient, announced its acquisition of La Comunidad, a creative agency renowned for award-winning, engaging campaigns that consistently break boundaries in cross-cultural marketing.

LAPIZ announced the hire of Diego Figueroa as SVP, Strategy and Participation Director. With a keen understanding of the General Market and Multicultural planning, Figueroa will oversee the agency’s Strategy department, which encompasses brand strategy, consumer engagement, research and shopper marketing.

Dieste Inc. has hired Gustavo “Zeta” Zapata to head the Art Direction Team, officially starting on January 2. He will work across all the agency’s current clients.

LatinWorks relationship with Chevy will be coming to an end as McCann’s Casanova Pendrill will assume multicultural creative campaign development responsibilities.

Pinta, a full-service agency reinventing the art of cross-cultural marketing, officially opens its doors today.  Spun off from the U.S. operations of JeffreyGroup.  The new agency adds capabilities, executive talent and new offices in a dramatic departure from its PR-agency origins. 

Latin3 named Talia Leon-Villanueva as its new Senior Account Manager for its Miami office.  Talia joins the company to lead marketing and advertising plans specifically focused on the Hispanic market.

Dallas Pets Alive! (DPA), a non-profit organization focused on promoting and providing the resources, education and programs needed to eliminate the killing of companion animals, has selected creative agency Dieste, Inc. to develop and launch its first media campaign.

To make sure Toyota continues to address the needs of the new marketplace, the manufacturer will adopt a more cohesive marketing approach to paid, earned and owned media by placing previously separate agencies into a total market model, called Total Toyota or T2. 

Tustin-based alPunto Advertising has partnered with the Coast Colleges District, which oversees three colleges and 5 campuses in Orange County, California to study better and more effective ways of attracting Latinos to college, plus ways to make it easier for Latinos to decide to attend college.

US Hispanic focused Public Relations agency The JeffreyGroup will expand its offering to include advertising and marketing disciplines and re-brand itself as an Ad Agency in 2014.

Fernando Reis joins as senior art director accompanied by Marcelo Padoca, senior copywriter.

Following a change of ownership and expansion from California to Texas and Florida, SenaReider has officially opened its doors, and its new website, for business under a new brand identity, new leadership and a renewed focus on what it has always done best: using edgy creative to break through the clutter for brands like Del Monte Fresh Produce, Bird’s Eye Foods, 24 Hour Fitness and The North Face.

Bulova has selected The San Jose Network Ltd as its Latin American advertising agency of record. The San Jose Network Ltd adds the luxury clock and watch retailer to its growing client roster.

As the newly appointed creative agency partner for the Jamba Juice Company, LatinWorks will direct the total market campaign development as the company increases and emphasizes its Whole Food Blending and Juicing product portfolio and leadership.

Sensis will develop a social media campaign for Tadin Herb & Tea Co. Sensis has begun developing the social media strategy and will begin rolling out elements of the campaign before the end of the year.

Advertising agency DraftFCB is shutting down its Puerto Rico operation next month, leaving its 33 local employees out of work.  Employees were informed by a stateside executive who was sent down to deliver the bad news to the team of nearly three dozen in Puerto Rico.  Courtesy of Caribbean Business

Dallas based Richards/Lerma, who currently are responsible for the Ram Truck brand for both Mexico and the US Hispanic markets, will be adding the Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep brands in Mexico to their portfolio effective immediately.

República announced that its employees have selected Triumph Crisis Recovery Center (TCRC) as the second recipient of the agency’s pro bono initiative, Repúblicares.