Brazil Immigration Roadblocks Slow Projects as Costs Rise
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Grupo Isolux Corsan SA’s task of laying power lines across the Amazon jungle ran into an unexpected obstacle last year when Brazil took more than six months to grant visas for 200 specialized Chinese workers.
The red tape increased costs and brought delays for the 1,200 kilometers (746 miles) of transmission cables on one of the most important energy projects in the world’s second-biggest emerging economy, Gilvan Righetti, human resources director of the Madrid-based company, said last month as the project neared completion.