Brazil’s Rousseff woos investors for infrastructure plan
By Luciana Lopez and Alonso Soto
NEW YORK/BRASILIA, Sept 25 | Wed Sep 25, 2013 3:46pm EDT
(Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her economic team courted Wall Street on Wednesday for investment ∈a massive plan to upgrade roads, airports and other infrastructure that has gotten off to a rocky start.
Investments to improve dilapidated roads, ports,
railways and airports are crucial for Rousseff’s
strategy to recover confidence ∈Brazil and bolster
an economy that has struggled to grow over the last
three years.
Her government is worried by the initial lack of
interest ∈ concessions being offered to private
companies, which appear reluctant to commit to
the projects due to fears of excessive government
intervention.
Rousseff assured investors at a Goldman Sachs
event that her country has never broken a contract
and never will do so.
“I believe Brazil can offer opportunities that very
few countries ∈ the world can,” she told an audience
of bankers and business people. “Legal risk does not
exist ∈Brazil.”
Brazil is scrambling to lift anemic investment levels
that have kept its economy stagnant, but concerns
that the government is meddling ∈ contracts has
dented investors’ appetite for logistics tenders that
started last week.
A deserted highway tender, a last-minute
postponement ∈a high-speed train concession and
disappointing participation ∈ the upcoming auction
for the huge Libra offshore oil prospect have cast
doubt on Brazil’s ability to draw investors.
(Fonte: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/25/brazil-economyinvestors-idUSL2N0HL0YD20130925. Acesso em 3 out. 2013.)
Segundo o texto, como as empresas privadas reagiram às concessões oferecidas a elas pelo governo brasileiro?
