Brazil raises $600 million in privatization auction of 22 airports
Brazil raises $600 million in privatization auction of 22 airports By Aluisio Alves and Alberto Alerigi FILE PHOTO: Labourers work on the expansion of the Afonso Pena airport in preparation for the 2014 World Cup in Curitiba SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil on Wednesday auctioned 22 airports, raising 3.3 billion reais ($593.11 million), with the largest group of airports won by infrastructure company CCR , part of a wave of privatizations that the government is pushing. “We had an extraordinary result in this auction, despite the fact that the COVID pandemic strongly affected all...