2010-02-11

Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced plans to build a new international airport in Oruro department.   "It will be the largest airport in Bolivia, and will be an alternative to La Paz [airport]", the president said at a ceremony to mark 229 years of independence in Oruro. &...

2010-02-11

The government of Argentine capital Buenos Aires is offering to pay bus companies 36,000 pesos (US$9,373) a year for every hybrid bus they buy.   The grant is for companies that sign bank loans with Banco Ciudad and will be paid for each year of the loan, the government website said.   ...

2010-02-11

Chilean firm Inversiones San José has submitted an environmental impact statement (EIS) to the national environmental authority Conama for the construction of a US$330mn port in region V, Conama reported on its website.   If approved, the multi-purpose terminal will be built in the reg...

2010-02-11

A consortium led by local firm Obrainsa has been awarded a contract to build a highway connecting Peru's Ilo province in Moquegua region to the Punta de Bombón district in Arequipa, congress reported on its website.   Consortium Obrainsa-Ilo bid 160mn soles (US$55.9mn) for the contract...

2010-02-11

Mexican airport operator Asur (NYSE: ASR, BMV: ASUR) reported a 4.6% drop in traffic at its airports in January compared to the same period the previous year.   Total traffic fell to 1.51mn passengers compared to 1.59mn in January 2009, the company said in a release.   The decrease was...

2010-02-11

Tariffs on Argentine tollroads will increase 48-166% in January of next year, local paper Clarín reported.   The new rate structure approved by the government for concessioned highways will not take into consideration the distance traveled. Instead, the same amount will be charged in a...

2010-02-11

IDB and the regional government of Madrid have signed an MOU to work together on transport, infrastructure and urban planning projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.   Madrid's regional investment promotion agency PromoMadrid will work with IDB to help transfer best practices and instruc...

2010-02-09

The creation of Portuguese pulp and paper firm Portucel Soporcel's subsidiary in Brazilian state Mato Grosso do Sul is likely to affect plans to develop a deepwater port in Uruguayan department Rocha, an official from the country's public works and transport ministry (MTOP) told BNamericas.   ...