Investments

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 03:20 UTC

  American Airlines downsizes due to lack of aircraft

  

  American Airlines has been forced to lift a series of routes or frequencies to South America as visions of a Dreamliner future took a turn towards something closer to a nightmare, when Boeing began stalling deliveries of brand new 787s.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 19:45 UTC

  BMW signs deal to buy Argentine lithium

  

  German automaker BMW has signed a deal whereby Livent, a company that has invested US $ 640 million to extract lithium in the Argentine province of Catamarca, will become the brand's second-largest supplier of the mineral in 2022.

• Thursday, December 9th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Fresh air for Falklands' oil industry: Navitas to become operator with Rockhopper, and Harbour exits

  

  Encouraging news for the Falkland Islands budding hydrocarbons industry. Rockhopper Exploration officially announced on Wednesday that it had reached a new agreement with Navitas Petroleum by which its potential farm-in portion of the Sea Lion project increases significantly, while the current holder of the majority share, Harbour Energy exits the undertaking.

• Thursday, December 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  World Bank approves Renewable Energy Project loans to Cabo Verde, Africa

  

  The World Bank on Wednesday approved an International Development Association credit in the amount of US$3.5 million and an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan in the amount of US$ 3.5 million for the Renewable Energy and Improved Utility Performance Project (REIUP) for Cabo Verde in Western Africa.

• Monday, December 6th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Sustainability: Uruguay the example to follow, World Bank says

  

  Anna Wellenstein, Director of the World Bank's Latin America and the Caribbean, Sustainable Development Group, has said Uruguay was an example of turning its productions towards a market that will seek environmental guidelines met.

• Monday, December 6th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Argentine automotive industry shows signs of recovery

  

  The Argentine Association of Automotive Factories (ADEFA) has reported that November 2021 had shown a 70% increase in exports and a growth of around 43% in the total number of units delivered.

• Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Labour strife in port of Montevideo; increasing export volumes shipped from Rio Grande in Brazil

  

  Recurrent labour strife in the port of Montevideo is not only frustrating but is also seriously limiting activities, and only this week did the Union of Uruguayan exporters make public a release regretting the fact that several vessels abandoned the port given what is known as pearled stoppages.

• Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Argentina pays Paraguay part of the US $ 45 million of overdue Yacyretá energy

  

  Argentina Friday paid Paraguay US $ 19 million for overdue Yacyretá energy, Nicanor Duarte Frutos, head of Paraguay's side within Yacyretá's Binational Entity (EBY) announced.

• Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Works begin in the extension of Ushuaia port facilities

  

  Works in upgrading and expanding the port of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, have started with the arrival of the huge metal sleeves for the pylons on which the new commercial harbour structure will rest.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 23:35 UTC

  The spirit of Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas returning to the skies next year?

  

  A private group is determined to bring back to life the defunct Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas (LAP), which used to be the South American country's flag airline between the 1960s and 1990s, it was announced in Asunción.