Brazil rich in oil, poor in rights: the promise that never reaches the people

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  • Technical version: Aimed at readers with prior knowledge or professional interest in the topic. Choose the reading that best suits you—or enjoy both! Brazil, despite being one of the world's largest oil producers, faces serious social problems: the wealth generated by fossil fuels barely reaches the poorest population. This leaves many people living in precarious conditions regarding health, education, and infrastructure.

    
    

    While the government approves new exploration projects on the coast and in the Amazon (mainly in the equatorial region), expectations for investment in public services are slowly being dashed, increasing the frustration of those who need basic access to healthcare and education.

    
    

    Brazil also recently joined the OPEC+ alliance, expanding its presence in the global oil market, even as it hosts COP30 and discusses sustainability, raising questions about the coherence between international discourse and national actions.

    
    

    Experts warn that the promise of using oil resources to finance healthcare and education is often lost in public debt or a lack of planning, leaving the population increasingly distant from access to these essential services.

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    (News produced with the help of AI)  Exploração petrolífera no Brasil: riqueza concentrada e impacto limitado em saúde, educação e equidade Brazil, responsible for approximately 3.5% of global oil production and the largest producer in South America, has been promoting new auctions for blocks in the equatorial margin and in basins such as Santos and Campos, expanding its share of the global market via OPEC+.

    
    

    Despite the enactment of the Pre-Salt Law (2010), which provided for investing revenues in health and education, analyses indicate that these funds were diverted to public debt service, reducing the real impact on indicators such as infant mortality and access to basic education.

    
    

    Analysis of the energy transition in Brazil indicates that, although the electricity matrix is dominated by renewable sources (approximately 88% of electricity), the expansion of oil has faced criticism for potentially compromising the country's climate leadership during COP30.

    
    

    Energy policy experts suggest measures such as upstream emissions taxation, subsidy reduction, and transparent reinvestment of oil revenues as paths to a just and more socially effective transition.

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    (News produced with the help of AI) Sources: Prosperity Post Fossil Fuels Briefing: Brazil - Climate Strategies Ahead of COP30, Brazil's Lula pushes for oil drilling in the Amazon As Brazil expands oil, COP30 head urges rich nations to phase out fossil fuels first Brazil joins oil alliance as it expands fossil fuel production - EHN Country Analysis Brief: Brazil Addressing Brazil's Social Inequities: Poverty, Education, and Health • Sociology.Institute ACCESS THIS PUBLICATION
    

    

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