2010-01-01

Lending by Brazil's national development bank BNDES is set to fall by 8% next year after a record 2009, news service Agência Estado quoted BNDES president Luciano Coutinho as saying.   BNDES said on Tuesday (Dec 29) that the 2009 total will come to 137bn reais (US$78.0bn), noting that t...

2010-01-01

Ecuadorian capital Quito's metropolitan mobility and public works firm (Emmop-Q) invested US$20mn in road maintenance during 2009, the presidential website reported.   Works included the paving and rehabilitation of urban roads, the repair of asphalted roads, road cleaning, and traffic signal...

2010-01-01

Venezuela's Bolívar state will prioritize public transport and water supply projects during 2010, according to governor Francisco Rangel Gómez.   Bolívar's potable water coverage reached 93% during 2009, said Rangel, adding that the government will continue to expand pota...

2009-12-30

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) has launched a tender for the design of a port expansion project in region XI, the official gazette Diario Oficial reported.   MOP established an official budget of 149mn pesos (US$294,355) to hire a consultancy firm to carry out basic studies and develop t...

2009-12-30

Brazilian national development bank BNDES made 49% more loan disbursements in 2009 than in 2008, the bank said in a statement.   The 2009 total will come to 137bn reais (US$78.0bn) at the official end of the year, the statement said, noting that there could be some slight revisions for loans ...

2009-12-30

Bolivia's confederation of bus drivers (CCHB) is seeking a US$150mn government credit to replace bus fleets in the country's most important cities, state news service ABI reported.   Some 6,000 buses in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz would be replaced with Chinese vehicles, according to CC...

2009-12-30

IDB set record level of loan approvals and disbursements in 2009, as it approved 165 new operations totaling US$15.9bn this year, up 42% from US$11.2bn in 2008, the bank said in a press release.   Disbursements rose 58% to nearly US$12bn in 2009 from US$7.6bn last year. IDB said it played a c...

2009-12-29

Brazilian railway operator América Latina Logística (ALL) (Bovespa: ALLL11) plans to invest 18mn reais (US$10.3mn) in IT next year, online news source IT Web reported.   This year, ALL has invested 15mn reais in IT.   The company expects part of the 2010 investment to go ...