21.   A series of infrastructure projects could create more than a million new jobs in the next five years, according to government estimates.

22.   A wave of new infrastructure projects and booming auto production have helped the shares skyrocket to record levels.

23.   Additional infrastructure projects, like the creation of connecting waterways, are encountering resistance.

24.   Allegations of favoritism and political chicanery have troubled several major infrastructure projects and property sales.

25.   Businesses are pushing to be allowed to invest in Chinese infrastructure projects, investment that is now prohibited.

26.   But Cardoso, in particular, sees joint infrastructure projects, such as the power line, as the way to achieve the integration of South America.

27.   But large-scale infrastructure projects require a level of political trust and cooperation that does not yet exist.

28.   But Latin Americans commonly seek European or U.S. groups to help build large infrastructure projects or provide new technology.

29.   But Koizumi seems to be resisting pressure to throw more money into infrastructure projects of questionable value.

30.   Citibank now expects to help finance government infrastructure projects, especially in electric power, that were put off until after the election.