THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISCOURSE ON BELO MONTE HYDROELECTRIC DAM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GROWTH ACCELERATION PROGRAM (GAP)

Abstract

The government is an important source of information. One of the ways for the State to disseminate content is through official websites. The Growth Acceleration Program (GAP) is a federal creatin and aims to stimulate Brazil's growth through infrastructure works.The Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant (UHBM) is the fourth largest project in the PAC and is the main undertaking on the program's energy axis. The construction of the dam and its current operation have generated debates until to date. The aim is to critically analyze the discursive mechanisms used by the Brazilian federal government in the PAC to put into practice the construction and operation of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. The materiality of analysis are the three official documents on the PAC, especially on the UHBM that are in the pac.gov.br domain: “About the PAC”; “Belo Monte: development with sustainability”; "Belo Monte, before and after". The methodology is based on the three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis. The idea of development is taken up and presented in a way linked to state planning and the existence of an underlying social project, dependent on improving the population's life, with guaranteed rights through public policies, differentiating growth development. Belo Monte in PAC was transformed into the symbol of Brazilian development as a state flag, multiplier of investments and services and repair of economic and social deficiencies, perpetuating the predatory model of appropriation of nature. This unchanged discourse can be reappropriated for similar situations, which would disseminate partial statements that do not include the social, economic and environmental complexity of such enterprises.