New Gas Plus project to be announced - reports

The Argentine government is set to announce a new Gas Plus program allowing companies to sell natural gas at above-regulated rates, according to local press reports. The new program could attract a..... more

Telecommunications - Regional

Latin America could see 22mn lines ported by 2014 - study

Latin America could see 22mn lines ported by 2014, with Mexico and Brazil as the most dynamic count ...more
Electric Power - Ecuador

Termoesmeraldas calls off Shushufindi feasibility tender

Ecuadorian state generator Termoesmeraldas has declared void the bidding process to carry out feasi ...more
Info. Technology - Regional

Central America a bright spot for SAP's SME sales

Software purchases by Central American SMEs are growing in spite of the global economic slowdown, t ...more
Mining - Chile

Cerro Colorado union accepts pay offer, BHP Billiton avoids strike

The union at BHP Billiton's (NYSE: BHP) Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile on Friday voted to acce ...more
Metals - Venezuela

Uncertainty surrounds briquette companies due to nationalization delay

Venezuelan briquette producers Matesi, Comsigua, Orinoco Iron and Venprecar, which are all in the p ...more
Infrastructure - Mexico

Macrobús PPS tender to be launched in January

The tender for a public service provision (PPS) project to build the second phase of the Macrobús b ...more
Water & Waste - Uruguay

Authorities drawing up plan to prevent floods, store rainwater

Uruguayan state-owned entities are working together on a plan to prevent floods and store rainwater ...more
Banking - Peru

All loan segments increase in October, mortgage lending hits record high

Peru's private sector banks saw an increase in all loan segments in both US dollar and sol-denomina ...more
Insurance - Brazil

BB committed to improving IRB, increasing share in PAC programs - VP

Federally controlled Banco do Brasil (BB), Brazil's largest bank, will be committed to improving op ...more
Petrochemicals - Regional

Lanxess expects Brazil sales to grow at least 10% in 2010

German chemical firm Lanxess expects to increase sales in Brazil in 2010 as a result of an improved ...more
Privatization - Brazil

Cargill-LDC to be awarded Santos terminal by month-end, says Codesp

The Brazilian branch of US agricultural giant Cargill and France's Louis Dreyfus Commodities (LDC) ...more

In Depth Interviews

"We're going to end up with 10 major insurers, with the other ones seeking out niches"

Milton Bellizia
CFO/ Marítima Seguros

Brazil's insurance scene has been all atwitter about one word: partnerships. It's been an obsession, as strategic M&A spillovers from the country's banking consolidation have made life more interesti ... more

Opinion Piece

Go forth and diversify

Whatever source of energy one uses, someone's going to complain. Nuclear power is said to be dangerous, the waste produced impossible to eliminate totally, and if the technology gets into the wrong h ... more

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