Brazil to build 800 regional airports

“Some people in Brazil can travel only by air. We want cities of more than 100 000 inhabitants to have an airport within 60 kilometers,” she said at a business seminar in Paris.

The president added that Brazil will also invest more in the construction of railways and seaports, as the South American country cannot rely on air transport alone.

Highlighting the government’s efforts to increase the number of middle-income families, the president reaffirmed the need to reconcile fiscal responsibility and growth in order to overcome the current economic downturn.

The government, she said, has also been working to resolve infrastructure bottlenecks, reduce bureaucracy and create a favourable environment for investment so as to build an economy capable of generating innovation.

“We also want to build an extremely safe and friendly environment for private investments,” Rousseff said. — Xinhua.

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