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Securitization of electric energy in Brazilian development: limitations in the negotiations of the Itaipu Treaty during the government of former President Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010). (in Portuguese)

  • 1. University of Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Description

The building of energy infrastructure has the main objective of promoting

economic development based on the production and consumption of goods and

services. In Brazil, the main generator of electricity is the Itaipu hydroenergy plant,

which is binational and uses the transboundary waters of the Parana River in the

boundary between Brazil and Paraguay. In a context of high energy demand, the

discourses about transboundary waters are marked by debates on sovereignty

and securitization in the face of vulnerability, these discourses focus on relations

of tension and conflict over strategic water resources between states. This paper

examines the use of transboundary water for energy production in Brazil and

the limits of the discourse of regional development among the riparian states in

the negotiations on the Itaipu Treaty during the government of former President

Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010).

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