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Source: Arts Journal

Canadian National Railway plans to buy more than 2,200 railcars and 1,300 new containers this year to support growing bulk materials and intermodal traffic.
The order comes after the largest Canadian railroad saw a 4 percent year-over-year rise in volume in the second quarter, which included a 13 percent jump in intermodal volume. The largest rolling stock acquisition this year will be 600 60-foot, double door box cars for the transport of forest products and metals. The order also includes 588 high-capacity hoppers for grain exports, 317 multi-level cars for finished vehicles, 300 gondolas for coal exports, 232 new ore cars and 200 multi-purpose box cars.
From the Journal of Commerce

Ecuador President Rafael Correa has said that USAID-supported projects are designed to undermine administrations Washington dislikes. 'It's a recipe that's been used repeatedly in Latin America against countries with progressive governments,' Correa said, suggesting that USAID-backed programs had helped create the environment for an attempted coup in Venezuela in 2002. 'They can't beat us at the polls so they are trying to beat us with these tricks.'As the U.S. Agency for International Development plans to distribute $1.8 billion in aid in Latin America and the Caribbean over the next two years, you would expect the region to be lining up.
Instead, some nations are eyeing USAID with suspicion, accusing the 50-year-old agency of playing politics even as it helps the needy. In June, the political council of the eight-nation ALBA bloc of countries, led by Venezuela, asked members to “immediately expel” USAID, accusing it of “destabilizing our legitimate governments.”
In July, Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, who may run for re-election in February, warned supporters that USAID was fueling the opposition by pumping millions into so-called “democracy strengthening”...

Source: AFL-CIO