2009-05-22

Argentine President Cristina Fernández signed agreements to carry out infrastructure works in the city of Mar del Plata, the presidential website reported.  

2009-05-22

Experts forecast a 5% drop in cargo transported through the Panama Canal this fiscal year, ending September, Colombian paper Portafolio reported.

2009-05-21

Colombia's Barranquilla infrastructure department, in Atlántico department, is preparing the bidding rules for two highway tenders, department head Rafael Lafont de Sales told paper La República.

2009-05-21

A total of US$82.2mn is being invested in the construction of the first stage of a Venezuelan rail system known as Centrooccidental Simón Bolívar, in Portuguesa state, a national government official told BNamericas.

2009-05-21

Mexican cement manufacturer Cemex (NYSE: CX) would be fined 20mn pesos (US$1.55mn) if found guilty of collusion, paper El Semanario quoted anti-trust commission (CFC) spokesperson Gabriela Ramírez as saying.

2009-05-21

The US$1.5bn Aeropuerto de Lago project, in Mexico state's (Edomex) Nezahualcóyotl municipality, is becoming the preferred option for the expansion of Mexico City's international airport (AICM), local environmental expert and project spokesperson Ramón Ojeda told BNamericas.

2009-05-20

Peru's state agency for promoting private investment ProInversión will award the concession of the second stage of the Autopista del Sol highway on June 17, paper Gestión reported.

2009-05-20

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed that the federal government is putting together a new package of projects to continue the country's growth acceleration plan PAC from 2011-15, local press reported.