Estatais que serão privatizadas em 2019 levantarão 20 bilhões em caixa para o governo

State-Owned Companies That Will Be Priv privatized in 2019 Will Raise $20 Billion in Cash for the Government

Written by Paulo Nogueira Published on 30/01/2019 at 06:53

Dentre as principais privatizações, a Petrobras está totalmente fora de questão, mas há 36 na lista para este ano

Among The Major Privatizations, Petrobras Is Completely Off The Table, But There Are 36 On The List For This Year

Brazil is pushing for major state-owned companies to privatize some subsidiaries, as the Brazilian government under new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro aims to raise US $ 20 billion from state asset sales in 2019. The state oil company Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) is expected to sell most of its 36 subsidiaries, said Brazilian privatization secretary Salim Mattar at an investment conference held on Tuesday in São Paulo.

Mattar said that Petrobras’ subsidiaries and the banks Banco do Brasil SA and Caixa Econômica Federal should be privatized, as the government wants state-owned companies to sell many of their units within four years.

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State-Owned Companies That Will Be Priv privatized in 2019 Will Raise $20 Billion in Cash for the Government

Among The Major Privatizations, Petrobras Is Completely Off The Table, But There Are 36 On The List For This Year

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