2009-12-15

The World Bank will continue to support urban and social development programs in Colombian city Medellín and will finance projects in other Latin American cities that adopt similar initiatives, an official from the city's international investment and cooperation agency ACI told BNamericas. &...

2009-12-15

A feasibility study concerning an integrated maritime transport system connecting the member countries of the Mesoamérica project will begin in 1Q10, project director María Teresa de Rendón told BNamericas.   The study aims to determine which ports are prepared to receive...

2009-12-15

The promotion of port and logistics investment opportunities was the main focus of a visit to Japan by the former president of Uruguay's national port authority (ANP), Fernando Puntigliano, the latter country's presidential website reported.   During a seminar regarding investment in Uruguay,...

2009-12-14

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and her Paraguayan counterpart Fernando Lugo met in Santiago on December 9 to discuss a number of issues, including joint efforts to improve regional integration, an official from the presidential office told BNamericas.   Chile's public works ministry (MOP...

2009-12-14

Panamanian and Costa Rican authorities are likely to begin construction of a binational bridge over the Sixaola river in 2010, the executive director of integration initiative Mesoamérica Project, María Teresa de Rendón, told BNamericas.   The bridge will cost an estimate...

2009-12-14

Bilateral trade between Brazil and Peru is likely to double with the completion of the latter country's Interoceánica Sur highway, according to Miguel Vega Alvear, president of the Peru-Brazil trade and integration chamber.   Trade between the two countries has quintupled over the last...

2009-12-14

Chile's public works minister Sergio Bitar re-opened Maquehue airport, which serves region IX capital Temuco, during a visit to the city on December 11, the public works ministry (MOP) reported in a release.   The terminal was closed for a 45-day period after authorities decided that improvem...

2009-12-11

Uruguay-based construction firm Saceem is eligible to apply for funding from Brazilian national development bank BNDES to carry out projects throughout Latin America, a company official told BNamericas.   The eligibility is due to the purchase of the majority of the company's shares by Brazil...