In this second edition of our new current affairs publication, Maré Atualidades, our research team brings you three critical articles over recent developments in Brazil: "The new geopolitics of clean energy: the energy transition as a field of diplomatic power," by Carla Nazaré Reis dos Santos Dias ; "COP30 and the construction of the future we want," by Ana Luiza Luz and Isadora Martins Zuffo ; and "Biopolitics and necropolitics: the governance of extermination in Rio de Ja

This article analyzes the mega police operation carried out in 2025 in the Alemão and Penha complexes in Rio de Janeiro, articulating it with three theoretical axes: care democracies, securitization, and body-territory. It is argued that the operation did not constitute an isolated event, but the expression of a state logic structured by the neglect of care, the militarization of public security, and the continuity of coloniality over bodies and racialized territories. Based

This year, PLB is pleased to launch a new publication dedicated exclusively to the analysis of current affairs, entitled Maré Atualidades . This edition features shorter texts, without compromising the analytical rigor and standard of quality that guide PLB's work. In this first edition, we present to articles: "Restaura Amazônia Program: an intiative of the Amazon Fund to regularise and restore land in the Arc of Deforestation," by Irlanna Dias Ramos ; and "The Brazilian ap

The XVII BRICS+ Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro in 2025, represented a milestone in the political and strategic consolidation of cooperation among the main emerging economies of the Global South. Under Brazil's presidency, the meeting reaffirmed the bloc's commitment to sustainable development, multipolarity, and inclusive global governance, highlighting issues such as energy transition, technological innovation, trade in local currencies, reform of multilateral institutions,