Consultancy: Fall in oil prices, referendum increasing country's political risk

The drastic drop in oil prices as well as Hugo Chávez's plans to hold a referendum to remove presidential term limits are changing the economic and political status quo in Venezuela, Eurasia Group's V...

• El Salvador

   Cepa: Acajutla-La Unión bill likely to be postponed until Q2

  The definitive congressional approval of the bill to privatize El Salvador's La Unión-Acajutla port ...   more

• Colombia

   Putumayo operations returning to normal

  Operations in Colombia's Putumayo department are returning to normal after a November strike in the ...   more

• Ecuador

   Correa threatens to revoke Hutchison's Manta port concession

  Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has threatened to revoke the Manta port concession if port operato...   more

• Chile

   Comptroller: Enap's Lago Mercedes project almost unviable

  Chile's national comptroller in a December audit has declared state oil company Enap's Lago Mercedes...   more

• Peru

   Ministry: Work on Callao port conveyor belt to start this year

  Peru's transport and communications ministry (MTC) reported that it will accelerate the process of b...   more

• Brazil

   ANTT sets production goals for Vale railroads

  Brazil's national ground transportation agency (ANTT) has established production goals and objective...   more

• Argentina

   Fitch downgrades TGN following default

  Fitch has downgraded Argentine gas transporter TGN's foreign and local currency IDRs to D from C in...   more

• Chile

   Cinver: Foreign investment projects for 2009 total US$10.5bn

  Chile's foreign investment committee Cinver authorized foreign investment projects totaling US$10.5b...   more

• Paraguay

   Acepar to resume operations on January 5

  Steelmaker Aceros del Paraguay (Acepar) plans to resume operations on January 5 after a two-week sto...   more