Tag: Private Sector
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The total number of applications for new railroads submitted to the Brazilian Federal Government by the private sector has reached 64. These were made through the authorization regime in the Railway Legal Framework, sanctioned...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The U.S. government on Monday announced it is considering reauthorizing remittances to Cuba as well as the transfer of more diplomatic officials to the island, reversing two ex-president Donald Trump's measures.
President Biden decided to...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On July 8, the flow of people at the B3 headquarters, Latin America's largest stock exchange, was a positive sign for Brazil's infrastructure sector. Entrepreneurs and investors flocked there, in downtown São Paulo, with...
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President, Michel Temer, is expected to sanction on Wednesday a law that will allow the government to use revenues from public lotteries for public security programs. The government...
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President Michel Temer announced earlier this week plans to privatize some of the nation’s airports, federal highways and rail lines, sewage systems, energy distributors and sell off gas...
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Finance Ministry in Brazil announced on Monday measures to stimulate infrastructure projects in the country, especially those in the transport segment, such as rail lines, airports, ports and highways,...
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - Following months of strikes by broad swathes of public sector workers, from university professors to customs officers, the majority of workers on Tuesday accepted the government’s offer of a 15.8 percent...
By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - In May President Dilma Rousseff passed the Lei de Acesso à Informação (Access to Information Act) and on Friday, June 29th, the new Transparency Portal was reported to have published the wages...
