São Paulo has signed a $1.2-billion public-private partnership to build Brazil’s first immersed tunnel, moving the long-delayed Santos–Guarujá port crossing into execution.
The Santa Cruz Thermoelectric Plant’s combined-cycle implementation significantly increases its generating capacity and brings a 1960s-era facility into the modern age.
This offshore liquefied natural gas import terminal in Santa Catarina, Brazil, began earlier this year to produce 15 million cu meters per day—half for local use—filling an energy security gap after Bolivia limited its supply to the region in 2022.
Alejandro Toledo was found guilty of accepting $35M in bribes from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht for contracts to build the Interoceanic Highway in 2005.
The world’s fifth-tallest arch dam, on the Coruh River in a mountainous region of northeastern Turkey, began operating in late November, passing a major milestone for the project.
After a tumultuous few years at the center of a national corruption scandal, Brazil-based Odebrecht is looking to move on. And despite ongoing investigations, the firm has continued to book work both in Brazil and abroad.