2009-12-11

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez offered to trade oil with Uruguay for cement and other goods, an official from the latter country's ruling left-wing party coalition Frente Amplio told BNamericas.   During a meeting with Uruguayan president-elect José Mujica, Chávez offer...

2009-12-11

Chile's public works minister Sergio Bitar inaugurated a new bypass in region III's Copiapó city, the public works ministry (MOP) reported in a release.   The state invested 16bn pesos (US$32.2mn) in the construction of the bypass.   As well as reducing transport costs and traff...

2009-12-11

Construction work at Costa Rica's Juan Santamaría international airport is expected to be completed before the June 2010 deadline stipulated by the concession contract, local paper La Nación reported.   The expansion will increase the number of check-in counters from 58 to 78, a...

2009-12-10

Mexican private airport operator Asur (NYSE: ASR, BMV: ASUR) saw a 7.1% drop in total passenger traffic in November compared to the same month in 2008, the company said in a release.   Passenger traffic decreased to 1,226,388 from 1,319,549 in November 2008. The largest overall drop was at Ta...

2009-12-10

Colombian transport experts will provide technical advice to authorities in Peruvian city Arequipa during the implementation of the latter's new mass transport system, government news service Andina reported.   Representatives from Bogotá's Transmilenio bus rapid transit (BRT) system a...

2009-12-10

São Paulo state governor José Serra and state transport secretary Mauro Arce have announced a 55.4mn-reais (US$32mn) investment in road improvement projects for Birigui municipality, according to a state government release.   Some 48.7mn reais will be invested in the expansion a...

2009-12-10

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernández signed 15 bilateral agreements on December 9 during a meeting in Buenos Aires, Venezuela's state news agency ABN reported.   The agreements included mutual cooperation in areas such as transport, e...

2009-12-08

Colombian city Medellín's state-owned mass transport firm Metro de Medellín and Spanish construction firm CAF signed a 70mn-euro (US$104mn) purchase contract, local paper Portafolio reported.   Metro de Medellín will purchase a total of 12 trains from CAF.   The tr...