Venezuela: oil under guardianship, sovereignty under license.
What is emerging is an unprecedented model among the major producing countries: formal sovereignty preserved, but operational sovereignty severely limited.
Data centers: digital parasites or 21st-century infrastructure?
The risk isn't in the data centers. It's in the lack of strategy.
The electrical reform of the leftovers
The sector needs predictability, legal certainty, and respect for those who invest in the long term.
Venezuela, markets and energy: what today's events reveal
Brazil's response needs to be strategic, coordinated, and based on energy sovereignty, an active foreign policy, and the intelligent use of our assets.
Venezuela: When moral rhetoric hides real power.
The intervention in Venezuela wasn't about democracy or drugs. It was about power. Moral rhetoric is just the wrapping. The substance is strategic control.
When force replaces law: Venezuela, dangerous precedents, and the risks for Brazil.
By capturing a head of state without a multilateral mandate, a precedent is created that goes far beyond Venezuela.
Responsible criticism or opportunism against clean energy in the Northeast?
Socio-environmental justice is not achieved through slogans, nor through the exploitation of others' suffering.
The energy transition is not going backwards – it has simply become quieter.
The large-scale expansion of solar and wind energy requires "firm" sources capable of maintaining grid stability.
Tariffs, minerals, and diplomacy: the trade chess game between Brazil and the United States.
Brazil, for its part, has shown a willingness to discuss strategic demands from the US – without, however, relinquishing its sovereignty or the right to dialogue.
The future of gas stations in Brazil starts now.
Operation Hidden Carbon exposes a sector in crisis and paves the way for gas stations to reinvent themselves as energy and mobility hubs.
Combating organized crime in the fuel sector: a historic milestone for Brazil.
By combating organized crime, Brazil reaffirms its sovereignty, protects honest workers, and strengthens confidence in the sector.
Occasional Keynesians
It took a tragic event shaking the planet for the ultraliberals led by Bolsonaro and Paulo Guedes to wake up.