Brazil produces over half of the world’s sugar supply.  But it cannot get its product to market because freight trains are unreliable.  The sugar company Cosan proposes to take over and run America Latina Logistica.  Cosan already owns Rumo Logistics and the merger would create Latin America’s largest railway and logistics company.

Currently the lack of railroads forces companies to ship by truck on potholed roads as shipments are held up in ports.  Mining companies also own their own railroads.

Since infrastructures across the world need repair and updating, the question arises:  Is this a problem for business or government to solve?