2009-06-10

Argentine province San Juan received offers from nine companies for paving works on the Ruta Nacional 149 highway, the provincial government reported in a release.

2009-06-10

Venezuela's Maracaibo city, in Zulia state, opened two new stations on its metro system on June 8, the government reported in a release.

2009-06-09

Mexico's Baja California state governor José Guadalupe Osuna Millán said the Punta Colonet port tender could be launched by year-end, paper El Semanario reported.

2009-06-09

As part of an Andean Development Corporation (CAF) initiative, Ecuador's Guayaquil port - in Guayas province - is starting a project to improve the quality of its operations and services, paper Expreso reported.

2009-06-09

Mexican magnate Carlos Slim has urged Latin American governments to maintain public infrastructure projects such as highways to preserve jobs and carry out small investments to ride out the global financial crisis, website Terra reported.

2009-06-09

Peru's state agency for promoting private investment ProInversión announced that the concessionaire of the second regional airport package will be required to invest US$237mn.

2009-06-08

A total of 133 logistics projects costing 10.2bn reais (US$5bn) have been completed as of April 30 under Brazil's growth acceleration plan PAC, according to the 7th official PAC balance report.

2009-06-08

The Venezuelan government will spend 13.2mn bolívares (US$6.1mn) on urbanization works in capital Caracas, government news agency ABN reported.