There Are Doubts Whether Petrobras Has Social Obligations or If It Is a Company That Only Aims for Profit. Opinion by Luiz Henrique Sanches
In the past, Petrobras’ main mission was to keep Brazilian territory supplied with oil derivatives. Recently, due to the company’s use as a fiscal policy instrument, holding back its prices to curb inflation, it was condemned by a lawsuit filed by minority shareholders for mismanagement, which ended with a settlement that cost Petrobras billions of Reais and nearly imprisoned the directors of the Brazilian state-owned enterprise.
The Mission Changed to “Achieve a Profitability Compatible with the Sector”.
When selling a commodity in an importing market, the selling price must be equal to the cost of importing, as an alternative for the buyer. The director who fails to do this risks imprisonment, but they have no alternatives and prefer to take the risk.
At the same time, some “authorities” celebrate record oil exports, even though Brazil is the largest importer of oil derivatives in the world, much more expensive than oil, among those with sufficient oil production.
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On the coast of Guyana, neighboring Brazil, ExxonMobil has begun drilling oil wells with an automated system that practically removes human hands from controlling the drill.
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Brazilians create cashierless mini-market in the USA, use AI to define products and prices, raise R$ 10 million, and achieve financial balance in the first month before planning nine more units in Miami by the end of 2026.
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BNDES opens billion-dollar credit of up to R$ 50 million per client for the purchase of trucks, buses, and equipment and promises to accelerate the renewal of the heavy fleet on Brazilian roads.
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PCC and Comando Vermelho enter the U.S. terrorism list and the Brazilian market is already trying to understand where this might hit first.
It’s as if we export iron ore and import steel.
Meanwhile, those responsible for this situation, involved in some way with benefits aimed at building refineries, appear in electoral surveys. We are not a serious country, yet we still nurture hope of attracting foreign capital to reduce unemployment.
We will only have significant investment from geopolitical interests or when it exploits unskilled and cheap labor. “A country of the future since 1950…”

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