Securities & Exchange Commission Form 20-F

2003 Exhibit II to the SEC Annual Report Form 20-F

Dez 31, 2003

Exhibit 12

CERTIFICATIONS

This certification is provided pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and accompanies the Annual Report on Form 20-F (the “Report”) for the period ended December 31, 2003 of Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. (the “Company”).

I, Jaime Rivera, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify that: