2009-06-08

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) will invest US$47mn in the construction of a new airport in northern region II, the ministry reported in a release.

2009-06-08

The modernization of Peru's Ilo port, in Moquegua region, will require an investment of US$180mn, according to national port authority (APN) president Frank Boyle, government news agency Andina reported.

2009-06-05

IDB president Luis Alberto Moreno announced loans to Mexico will total US$3bn in 2009, one of the largest single-year amounts ever approved by the entity for the country, paper El Universal reported.

2009-06-05

São Paulo state's Santos port posted record cargo handling of 6.8Mt in April, up 10.4% year-on-year, state port authority Codesp reported in a release.

2009-06-05

Costa Rica's center-left opposition party PAC is proposing to use US$80mn of an US$850mn IDB loan, currently awaiting congressional approval, to modernize the Limón-Moín port complex, PAC's infrastructure manager and congressman Marvin Rojas told BNamericas.

2009-06-05

Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom has formally supported the construction of the Franja Transversal del Norte tollroad, which will connect departments Izabal, Alta Verapaz, Quiché and Huehuetenango, the presidential website reported.

2009-06-03

Argentina's Rosario city, in Santa Fe province, is developing a US$303mn project to implement an electric train system over the next 10 years, mayor Miguel Lifschitz announced.

2009-06-03

Brazil's Paraná state deputy governor Orlando Pessuti has called a meeting for June 3 with the 2014 World Cup executive committee to discuss state capital Curitiba's preparations for the event, according to a state government release.