United States to Modernize Puerto Quetzal in Guatemala with $64 Million Investment · Global Voices

Guatemala City, Guatemala. The United States will expand and modernize the main port in the Pacific of Guatemala with an investment of almost $64 million to boost economic development and combat organized crime, according to a bilateral agreement signed on Thursday.Works will be in charge of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Puerto Quetzal (south), said during an event at the Palace of Culture of the Guatemalan capital, the head of the U.S. So…

The United States will expand and modernize Guatemala's main Pacific port with an investment of nearly $64 million to boost economic development and combat organized crime, according to a bilateral agreement signed on Thursday.

The Ministry of National Defense of Guatemala and the Southern Command of the United States signed the Charter of Acceptance of the Modernization of Puerto Quetzal, a project that will have an initial investment of US$63 million. The official ceremony was attended by Major General Henry David Sáenz Ramos, Minister of National Defense; Adriel McConnell, representative of the Corps of Engineers of the U.S. Army; and U.S. Ambassador Tobin Bradley, …

Guatemala and the United States signed an agreement this Thursday for the American nation to collaborate in the modernization and security of the two main maritime ports of the Central American country. The entry Guatemala signs agreement for the US to modernize its two main ports was first published in Digital Process.

The governments of Guatemala and the United States signed a letter of acceptance for the modernization of Puerto Quetzal, a project that will be implemented in four phases and will be in charge of the Corps of Engineers of the U.S. Army. Admiral Alvin Holsey, commander of the U.S. Southern Command, indicated that the first phase of the project will cost 63.7 million dollars. This initial stage includes investments in port infrastructure, navigat…