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Paula, Mariana de
Independent Researcher, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Oliveira, Mariana Cristina
Independent Researcher, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Silva, Luis Paulo Batista da
Federal university of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Brazil/Paraguay: hydro hegemony, tensions, and cooperation around the binational Itaipu hydroelectric plant. (in Portuguese)
Ribeiro, WagnerCosta
University Sao Paulo(USP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Brazil/Paraguay
hydrohegemony
hydroelectric sovereignty
international cooperation
transboundary waters
water conflicts
Itaipu hydroenergy plant
<p><em>This paper analyzes the exercise of Brazilian hydrohegemonyin relation to the</em></p>
<p><em>binational Itaipu hydroenergy plant on the transboundary Parana river, and</em></p>
<p><em>the Paraguayan diplomatic strategies for the renegotiation of the Itaipu Treaty</em></p>
<p><em>between 2008 and 2009. The Itaipu Treaty, signed in 1973, is the document</em></p>
<p><em>that rules the relations between Brazil and Paraguay related to the share of the</em></p>
<p><em>hydroelectric power produced by Itaipu. The rise of left-wing governments in</em></p>
<p><em>both Brazil and Paraguayin the first decade of the twentieth-first Century, with</em></p>
<p><em>a foreign policy aimed at fostering South American regional integration opened</em></p>
<p><em>the room for Paraguay’s diplomacy to renegotiate the terms of this treaty. Despite</em></p>
<p><em>the ideological affinities between both governments , the negotiation process</em></p>
<p><em>was not free from conflicts. From the analysis of data collected in interviews</em></p>
<p><em>and research at the digital collection of the Paraguayan newspaper ABC Color,</em></p>
<p><em>it was possible to trace the genesis of the idea of “hydroelectric sovereignty” in</em></p>
<p><em>Paraguay leading to the development of an “ideational” expression of power,</em></p>
<p><em>and the exercise of material power on the part of Brazil during the negotiations.</em></p>
<p><em>The article is divided in four parts. The first part presents the idea of hydroelectric </em></p>
<p><em>sovereignty, identified with a realistic view of International Relations. The second</em></p>
<p><em>shows the construction of the claims for greater sovereign participation by</em></p>
<p><em>Paraguay through the analysis of publications of the ABC Color newspaper.</em></p>
<p><em>The third part presents the first negotiation attempts, still under the Paraguayan</em></p>
<p><em>government of Nicanor Duarte Frutos. Finally, it presents the changes negotiated</em></p>
<p><em>between Brazil and Paraguay during the governments of President Fernando</em></p>
<p><em>Lugo, Paraguay, and Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil.</em></p>
<p><em>Keywords: Brazil/Paraguay; hydrohegemony; </em><em>hydroelectric sovereignty</em><em>; international</em></p>
<p><em>cooperation; transboundary waters; water conflicts;Itaipu hydroenergy plant.</em></p>
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