2009-10-12

Venezuela's Metro de Caracas has started its line 1 rehabilitation plan, which includes replacing railway tracks on a number of stretches and increasing the train fleet, according to the firm's president Víctor Hugo Matute.   As part of the plan, the metro company will incorporate 48 t...

2009-10-12

Chile's Grupo Penta is creating a new investment fund that will focus on the port and energy sectors, local daily El Mercurio reported.   The holding is expecting to raise US$150mn in capital for the new fund, according to the report.   Funding would be provided by the country's privat...

2009-10-12

The governors of IDB have agreed to enter the final phase of the review of the multilateral's need for a capital increase, according to a statement.   The plan is to complete their review of an analysis of development needs in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as reforms within IDB, by...

2009-10-09

Brazilian cement maker Votorantim Cimentos has opened a 50mn-real (US$29mn) cement plant in Bahia state's Candeias city, according to a state government release.

2009-10-09

Chile's highway concessionaires are looking to expand the use of the electronic toll collection device known as TAG, the president of local concessionaires association Copsa, Herman Chadwick, told BNamericas.

2009-10-09

Chile's state-owned metro firm Metro de Santiago, serving the capital city, will finish the second stretch of its line 5 extension by end-2010, the firm reported in a release.

2009-10-09

Line 3 of Mexico valley's suburban rail system will begin operations in 2011, the transport and communications ministry (SCT) reported in a release.

2009-10-07

Chilean highway concessionaire Aerovías will inaugurate this week the implementation of an electronic toll system, known locally as TAG, on the access road to capital Santiago's Arturo Merino Benítez airport, the president of Chilean concessionaires association Copsa, Herman Chadwick, ...