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  1. Belo Monte hydroelectric project set to bid on Dec. 21 http://tinyurl.com/ycehpr4
  2. Cemex considers talks with Venezuela for repayment for operations nationalized last year. http://tinyurl.com/yd36lcc
  3. Brazil raises financing caps on electric generation projects for nuclear plant and powerline construction. http://tinyurl.com/yabf7rt
  4. A $480M refinancing for the 131km trans-isthmus oil pipeline in Panama is completed. http://tinyurl.com/yzz9sus
  5. Brazil's Environment Minister says Belo Monte hydroelectric project license will be granted in November. http://tinyurl.com/ygu8bu4
  6. Brazil's first wind power auction could be pushed back due to lack of certification by interested firms. http://tinyurl.com/yg7gfwh
  7. Report blasts Brazil's Belo Monte hydroelectric project as an ecological and economic disaster. http://tinyurl.com/yft33t8
  8. Analysts project Ecuador's constructoin market to shrink 1% this year to $5.26B. http://bit.ly/vYr8V
  9. Brazilian utility Tractebel Energia seeks to buy Camargo Correa's stakes in several hydroelectric projects. http://bit.ly/36qqDc
  10. Brazilian mining giant Vale interested in bidding for the Belo Monte hydro project. http://tinyurl.com/yftbo3h
  11. US firm AES Corp bows out of Brazil's $8B Belo Monte hydroelectric project bidding effort. http://tinyurl.com/yflfsf5
  12. Brazilian Roman Catholic leaders warn infrastructure push in the country's interior threaten indigenous peoples. http://tinyurl.com/yl8rb3t
  13. Analysts predict 5.15% contraction in Brazil's construction industry value for 2009. http://tinyurl.com/yj8zb92
  14. Venezuela promises to compensate Lafarge $118.5M for nationalizing cement operations last year. http://tinyurl.com/yjr9z9h
  15. Ecuador buys out Argentine stake in Coca-Codo-Sinclair hydro project being built by a Chinese-led group. http://tinyurl.com/yzjcnrx
  16. To slash energy costs Alcoa is investing in Brazil's hydroelectric construction effort. http://tinyurl.com/yfhpq5b
  17. Brazilian exports to sub-Saharan Africa have increased almost eightfold to more than $10B last year. http://bit.ly/3c6Vyl
  18. Brazilian firms fear the $8.8 billion price target for the Belo Monte dam is too low - by as much as half. http://tinyurl.com/yfoe2qz
  19. China's Sinohydro Corp. snags $2B Coca Codo Sinclair hydro project in Ecuador. http://tinyurl.com/yaa5suc
  20. Brazilian government expect to grant license for the Belo Monte dam construction in November.http://tinyurl.com/y9jdmr5