Brazil to privatize more airports, railways for grains

The Bolsonaro government is moving ahead to privatize Brazil’s southern airports and the railway system supporting its grain belt. “Chinese investment would be ‘very well received’ in Brazilian infrastructure projects, said [Adalberto Vasconcelos], head of the PPI government program tasked with luring private investment in the country’s infrastructure. Brazil’s new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro criticized China for ‘buying up’ Brazil during the election campaign last year. But Vasconcelos clarified that he was referring to strategic assets and ‘means of production’ such as farm land.”i...