BRAZILIAN STATE AND TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS: MINING, COLONIALITY AND ESPOLIATION IN THE EASTERN AMAZON
The main objective of the research is to analyze the relationship between the Brazilian State and transnational corporations emphasizing mineral extraction as a representation of persistent coloniality in International Relations. In this sense, the study on mining in Brazil and the Eastern Amazon, investigated from the perspective of the relationship between the Brazilian State and transnational corporations, seeks to highlight the permanent character of coloniality and the asymmetrical relations between countries in the international system. The bibliography used considers that decolonial studies present strong arguments about the aspect of the persistence of the colonial structure in the capitalist expansion, which will be used as a critical perspective in the field of study of International Relations. The central hypothesis is related to the investigation of the persistence of coloniality on the appropriation of nature, as evidence of the asymmetry of power between Global North and Global South. Among the secondary hypotheses, the following stand out: (i) focusing on environmental impacts, measured by environmental accidents and crimes caused by mining, it does not matter whether the projects are managed by the Brazilian State or by corporations; and (ii) the Brazilian state and transnational corporations act together to expand the colonial frontier and consolidate the exploitation of natural resources in the Amazon. The study is essentially qualitative and also adheres to the hypothetical deductive approach, the interpretive historical method, and the case study method as research procedures supported by secondary data sources.