2009-09-03

At an extraordinary meeting of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) held in Argentine city Bariloche, Argentine President Cristina Fernández, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed an MOU to promote the construction of the Agua Negra i...

2009-09-03

The capital of Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, Porto Alegre, will expand its metro line 2 in preparation for the 2014 World Cup, the national union of architecture and engineering firms (Sinaenco) said in a release.

2009-09-01

Colombia's national planning department (DNP) is considering private sector participation to partially finance the implementation of a subway system in Bogotá, paper La República reported.

2009-09-01

Peruvian airport concessionaire Aeropuertos del Perú (ADP) will invest 60mn soles (US$20.3mn) this year in its 12 terminals, the firm's general manager Leonie Roca announced.

2009-09-01

Lima municipality is planning to build nine express lanes for mass transport similar to the El Metropolitano to alleviate traffic congestion and reduce environmental contamination, government news agency Andina reported.

2009-09-01

São Paulo state port authority Codesp will launch a 37mn-real (US$19.8mn) tender to build a third stretch of the Perimetral avenue on the right bank of Santos port shortly, according to a Codesp release.

2009-08-28

Brazil is preparing to launch the tender to build a high-speed train to link the cities of Río de Janeiro, São Paulo and Campinas by year-end, according to the transport ministry's secretary for national policy, Marcelo Perrupato.

2009-08-28

Public investment by Peru's national government rose 34.5% year-over-year to 2.97bn soles (US$1.00bn) in H1, according to figures released by the economy and finance ministry (MEF).