2009-07-08

Bolivia's President Evo Morales said he is not ignoring the nationalization of rail operators and power generators, government news agency ABI reported.

2009-07-08

Brazil needs to invest 161bn reais/y (US$81.5bn/y) in infrastructure for the next five years, according to a study by national infrastructure and basic industries association Abdib.

2009-07-08

The global financial crisis and the financing restrictions it has brought about have not stopped Costa Rica from moving steadily towards its goal of modernizing the country's infrastructure by increasing private participation in key projects.

2009-07-08

The bi-oceanic corridor connecting Brazil, Bolivia and Chile will be fully completed by 2011, government officials said following a meeting to evaluate progress on the highway in Bolivian city Cochabamba.

2009-07-08

Mexican financial group IXE expects local cement manufacturer Cemex (NYSE: CX) to report Q2 revenues of US$4.40bn, a 30.7% year-on-year drop, paper El Porvenir reported.

2009-07-08

The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) has approved a US$110mn loan to Ecuador to partly finance the construction of a highway, the entity reported in a release.

2009-07-06

The public works ministers of Chile, Bolivia and Brazil will meet in Bolivian city Cochabamba on July 4 to evaluate progress on the bi-oceanic corridor connecting the three countries, a Chilean public works ministry (MOP) official told BNamericas.

2009-07-06

The World Bank Group may have to seek additional funding to increase its capital base if it keeps disbursing loans at the rate it has been recently, its president Robert Zoellick told press Friday at a summit of regional finance ministers in Viña del Mar, Chile.