Investments

• Wednesday, January 6th 2010 - 13:08 UTC

  Brazil consolidates position a world leader in meat markets

  

  Even when Brazilian meat and chicken exports are recovering at a slower pace than anticipated, representatives from the industry and market analysts anticipate that overseas sales should retake pre-crisis levels by the end of 2010, if not in price, in volume.

• Thursday, December 31st 2009 - 04:39 UTC

  IDB record loan approvals but needs capital increase by 2011

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank set record levels of loan approvals and disbursements in 2009, playing a counter-cyclical role by providing financing to Latin American and Caribbean countries in the face of the global economic crisis.

• Tuesday, December 29th 2009 - 07:14 UTC

  Korea wins 40 billion USD mega-project to build nuclear plants in UAE

  

  A South Korean consortium has been awarded a contract worth an estimated 40 billion US dollars to build four nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates. The group, led by the Korea Electric Power Corp (Kepco), beat bids from a US-Japanese group and a French firm.

• Sunday, December 27th 2009 - 06:34 UTC

  Dutch dredger operating in Tierra del Fuego bunkers in Falklands

  

  An unusual visitor to the Falkland Islands last week was the Prins der Nederlanden, which anchored in Port William for the second time to receive fuel, reports the local Penguin News.

• Friday, December 25th 2009 - 16:27 UTC

  Uruguay expects record harvest of wheat; soybean becomes the main crop

  

  Uruguay’s is expecting a record wheat crop for the second year running in 2009 while the barley harvest is forecasted as the largest in the last ten years according to the Statistics Office from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.

• Thursday, December 24th 2009 - 09:52 UTC

  Father Christmas arrives for Lan Chile with contract for 30 Airbus A 320

  

  Chilean flag carrier LAN Airlines and its subsidiaries, one of the leading airlines in Latin America, announced Wednesday that the Company signed a contract for the purchase of 30 Airbus A320 family aircraft to be delivered between 2011 and 2016.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2009 - 15:50 UTC

  YPF unveils five year plan to explore for oil and gas in the Falklands basin

  

  Argentina's YPF, the local unit of Spanish oil major Repsol, said on Tuesday it would explore for oil and natural gas in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands basin as part of a five-year exploration program.

• Monday, December 21st 2009 - 17:19 UTC

  Brazilean industry to manufacture 2.044 armoured vehicles for the Army

  

  The Brazilian Army and Fiat Iveco signed an agreement for the manufacturing or 2.044 armoured vehicles involving 3.5 billion US dollars as part of the new National Defence Strategy launched by the administration of President Lula da Silva.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 04:48 UTC

  Proposed trans-Andes tunnel, crucial link for Pacific-Atlantic highway

  

  A proposed 916 million US dollars road tunnel linking Chile and Argentina was endorsed last week by the Coquimbo (Region IV) regional government. The approval gives a green light to the proposed 14-km tunnel linking Chile’s Coquimbo province with the Argentine province of San Juan.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2009 - 14:20 UTC

  Brazil, Peru plan to build five hydroelectric dams in the Amazon

  

  Brazil expects to reach an accord with Peru by March on a 5 billion US dollars power project to secure energy supplies for both countries, according to Energy minister Edison Lobao. The two governments plan to build five hydroelectric plants in Peru that will produce 6,000 megawatts of electricity