2009-12-17

The users' committee of Venezuelan capital Caracas' metro system has requested that local consumer rights defense institute Indepabis begin to control the quality of the transport system, paper El Universal reported.   The quality of the Metro de Caracas system has experienced a sharp decline...

2009-12-17

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and Florida's Palm Beach port have signed a strategic alliance to promote maritime trade between Panama and the US, ACP said in a release.   "The alliance represents a key element in our global strategy, which seeks to improve the service we offer to our ...

2009-12-17

Peru's capital fund for infrastructure projects is set to begin operations in 1Q10, according to the country's economy and finance ministry (MEF).   The fund could handle up to US$600mn over the next five years, MEF head Luis Carranza was quoted as saying by state news agency Andina.   ...

2009-12-16

The government of Mexico's Tamaulipas state and federal oil company Pemex will invest 1bn pesos (US$78.4mn) to expand a stretch of the Ribereña highway, according to state governor Eugenio Hernández Flores.   A 118km stretch between Nuevo Laredo and Ciudad Mier will be expanded ...

2009-12-16

Brazil's land reform minister Guilherme Cassel and Rio Grande do Norte governor Wilma Faria have signed an agreement to transfer 18.5mn reais (US$10.6mn) to the state for investments in its rural areas, government news service Agência Brasil reported.   The agreement, signed on Monday, ...

2009-12-16

Chile's state-owned subway company Metro received the first three of 36 wagons purchased from French firm Alstom on December 15.   The firm invested US$84mn in the wagons, which will run on Metro lines 4 and 4a.   The transport company will carry out tests before the implementing of th...

2009-12-16

Only one company submitted a technical offer in the tender to build and operate Line 2 of the Dominican Republic's metro system in capital Santo Domingo, an official from public transport reorganization authority Opret told BNamericas.   The envelope containing technical offers was opened on ...

2009-12-15

Ecuador's public works and transport minister (MTOP) David Ortiz has signed a contract with local firm Hidalgo & Hidalgo for the construction and maintenance of a road connecting provinces Azuay and Morona Santiago, the presidential website reported.   The 77km road, connecting Gualaceo d...