2009-12-04

IDB has approved a US$45mn loan for Costa Rica to help finance the expansion of the Juan Santamaría international airport located in capital city San José, the bank said in a release.   Resources will be used to refinance debt and complete construction works which are currently ...

2009-12-04

The French government is interested in financing the Dominican Republic's metro Line 2 and the cargo and passenger train to connect capital Santo Domingo to northern Santiago city, the Caribbean nation's government reported in a release.   "France is willing to finance these two initiati...

2009-12-04

Uruguay-based construction firm Saceem will expand operations to the rest of Latin America, a company official told BNamericas.   The company currently carries out infrastructure, water treatment, energy and telecommunication projects in Uruguay.   The firm is interested in developing ...

2009-12-03

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) has awarded funding for further studies to a sustainable road project in capital Santiago as part of the ministry's 2020 public works contest, MOP reported in a release.   The contest called on students to submit innovative public works initiatives in line ...

2009-12-03

Mexico's federal district government (GDF) has launched a tender for the public service provision (PPS) project to build line 3 of the capital's Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system, according to the government's official gazette.   The awardee will be responsible for the creation, ...

2009-12-03

Brazil's national airport authority Infraero has presented a plan to invest some 4.6bn reais (US$2.7bn) to increase airport passenger capacity by 46% before end-2014, Infraero reported in a release.   At a public hearing in the house of representatives, the authority presented projects to be ...

2009-12-03

Colombia's concessions institute Inco will launch the tender to concession the second stretch of the Transversal de las Américas highway in mid-December, an official from the entity's project structuring division told BNamericas.   The project was originally submitted to authorities as...

2009-12-02

Argentina's general ports authority AGP has updated its 2030 development plan to meet future market demand, local paper La Nación reported.   "We are trying to provide solutions to meet cargo demand and the size of ships with a length of more than 300m," Rodolfo Ghiglione, AG...