2010-08-10

Paraguay's public works and communications ministry (MOPC) has launched a consultancy tender for a bus rapid transit (BRT) system to serve the metropolitan region surrounding capital Asuncion.   Interested firms have until September 15 to submit bids, which will be opened the same day, the mi...

2010-08-10

Costa Rica's national road council Conavi has given the green light to begin projects worth 5bn colones (US$9.78mn) to rehabilitate the national road network, the public works and transport ministry (MOPT) said in a release.   The work involves 21 projects that were awarded directly to constr...

2010-08-10

Brazilian and Uruguayan government and private sector representatives will meet in Montevideo on August 11 to discuss infrastructure, trade, and energy integration initiatives, an official from Uruguay's foreign relations ministry told BNamericas.   Brazil's national development bank BNDES, s...

2010-08-09

Nicaraguan port authority EPN has handed over administration of three ports in the Gulf of Fonseca in Chinandega department to municipal authorities for a renewable term of 10 years.   Viejo municipality will operate Potosi and Santa Julia ports, while administration of Los Lirios port was tr...

2010-08-09

Government officials from Brazil's Amazonas state capital Manaus have presented port and airport improvement projects worth 462mn reais (US$264mn) to federal government officials in Brasilia, the official 2014 World Cup website reported.   The city's main projects aimed at preparing to host t...

2010-08-09

Panama's government has signed a US$270mn concession contract with consortium Transporte Masivo de Panama to operate Panama City's Metrobus public transport system.   Under the 15-year contract, the concessionaire will replace 3,000 buses in the city. The first 120 buses will arrive by year-e...

2010-08-09

The Chilean government's decision to gradually eliminate articulated buses from capital Santiago's Transantiago mass transport system will result in an increase in operating costs, a mass transport expert working in the government told BNamericas.   The official, who requested anonymity, said...

2010-08-06

At the Mercosur summit held in Argentine city San Juan this week, member countries Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay finally reached an agreement to eliminate the double charging of the trade bloc's common external tariffs (CET), after years of discussion.   The deal essentially gets ri...