Geopolítica do etanol: soberania energética e projeção internacional do Brasil (1930-2015)

Alcohol production is based on Brazil's primary exporting history during the colonial, imperial and republican eras. The economic and scientific-technological development of this energy matrix in the twentieth century is intertwined with the establishment of a geopolitical rationality and the d...

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Main Authors: Elisa Pinheiro de Freitas, Antonio Marcos Roseira, Mateus de Almeida Prado Sampaio
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author Elisa Pinheiro de Freitas
Antonio Marcos Roseira
Mateus de Almeida Prado Sampaio
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description Alcohol production is based on Brazil's primary exporting history during the colonial, imperial and republican eras. The economic and scientific-technological development of this energy matrix in the twentieth century is intertwined with the establishment of a geopolitical rationality and the definition of the main Brazilian strategic interests. Two major periods are distinguished in this analyses. In the developmentalism period (1930-1980), biofuel was important to energy sovereignty policies. Following a hiatus marked by a crisis in the sugar and ethanol sector in the 1990s, ethanol become central in the country's international projection policies during the 2000s. Taken together, the history of this energy matrix demonstrates its importance for national development.Ethanol; Energy Geopolitics; Sovereignty; International Projection; Brazil.
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spelling doaj-art-46c58be161214acb8647acaf919a1d612025-01-13T15:53:52ZengConfinsConfins1958-92122020-05-014510.4000/confins.28332Geopolítica do etanol: soberania energética e projeção internacional do Brasil (1930-2015)Elisa Pinheiro de FreitasAntonio Marcos RoseiraMateus de Almeida Prado SampaioAlcohol production is based on Brazil's primary exporting history during the colonial, imperial and republican eras. The economic and scientific-technological development of this energy matrix in the twentieth century is intertwined with the establishment of a geopolitical rationality and the definition of the main Brazilian strategic interests. Two major periods are distinguished in this analyses. In the developmentalism period (1930-1980), biofuel was important to energy sovereignty policies. Following a hiatus marked by a crisis in the sugar and ethanol sector in the 1990s, ethanol become central in the country's international projection policies during the 2000s. Taken together, the history of this energy matrix demonstrates its importance for national development.Ethanol; Energy Geopolitics; Sovereignty; International Projection; Brazil.https://journals.openedition.org/confins/28332Ethanol; Géopolitique énergétique; Souveraineté; Projection internationale; Brésil.
spellingShingle Elisa Pinheiro de Freitas
Antonio Marcos Roseira
Mateus de Almeida Prado Sampaio
Geopolítica do etanol: soberania energética e projeção internacional do Brasil (1930-2015)
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Ethanol; Géopolitique énergétique; Souveraineté; Projection internationale; Brésil.
title Geopolítica do etanol: soberania energética e projeção internacional do Brasil (1930-2015)
title_full Geopolítica do etanol: soberania energética e projeção internacional do Brasil (1930-2015)
title_fullStr Geopolítica do etanol: soberania energética e projeção internacional do Brasil (1930-2015)
title_full_unstemmed Geopolítica do etanol: soberania energética e projeção internacional do Brasil (1930-2015)
title_short Geopolítica do etanol: soberania energética e projeção internacional do Brasil (1930-2015)
title_sort geopolitica do etanol soberania energetica e projecao internacional do brasil 1930 2015
topic Ethanol; Géopolitique énergétique; Souveraineté; Projection internationale; Brésil.
url https://journals.openedition.org/confins/28332
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