January 28, 2008  
AES DOMINICANA: Building Third Dominican Power Plant
AES Dominicana Energia Finance, S.A., will construct its third
power plant in the Dominican Republic, Dominican Today reports...
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CHIQUITA BRANDS: May Bid for Five Million Boxes of Bananas
Chiquita Brands International may bid for the five million boxes
of bananas that Panama will auction next month, Reuters reports...
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DOE RUN: Says Levels of Lead at La Oroya Drop 61.7%
Doe Run told Business News Americas that levels of lead in the
air at La Oroya, Peru, decreased 61.7% at the end of 2007, from
2.08 micrograms per cubic meter the same period in 2006...
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FERTINITRO FINANCE: Fitch Affirms CCC Rating on Secured Bonds
Fitch Ratings has affirmed and removed from Rating Watch
Negative FertiNitro Finance Inc.'s 'CCC' rated US$250 million
8.29% secured bonds due 2020. The Rating Outlook is Stable.  The
rating affirmation with a Stable Outlook reflects the political
and...
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GRUPO MEXICO: Must Disclose Results of Mine Surveys
Jonathon Shacat at The Sierra Vista Herald and The Bisbee Daily
Review reports that a coordinator of an independent health and
safety support network has urged Grupo Mexico SA, de C.V., to
disclose the results of a survey being conducted on the
conditions...
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INDUSTRIAS UNIDAS: Moody's Lowers Senior Notes Rating to Caa1
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded its ratings on the
US$200 million in Guaranteed Senior Unsecured Notes due in 2016
issued by Industrias Unidas, S.A. de C.V.'s to Caa1 from B3.  At
the same time, Moody's downgraded the company's corporate family...
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PETROECUADOR: Feiseh Getting US$1.47B from Block 15 Oil Exports
Ecuadorian hydrocarbons fund Feiseh will get US$1.47 billion
from state-run Petroecuador's Block 15 oil exports last year,
Dow Jones Newswires reports, citing Wilson Pastor, a the
government official in charge of the field...
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PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA: Oil Output Drops 148,000 bpd in 2007
As published by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries, El Univeral reports that Venezuela's oil production
has declined to 148,000 barrels per day with an average of 2.39
million bpd...
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