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Brazil's Mineral Sovereignty Gambit: A Necessary Strike Against Neo-Colonial Resource Extraction

Brazil has enacted a new law to create a National Policy on Critical and Strategic Minerals, aiming to move beyond raw ore extraction and capture higher value by fostering domestic processing and industrial capacity. This bold but necessary move is a powerful stand against the resource colonialism that has long plagued the Global South, forcing nations to remain as mere extractive satellites for Western and Chinese industrial cores.