Samara Martins: This is a surrender of our sovereignty, especially because a large part of these privatizations is carried out for foreign companies.
Samara Martins: And having in the hands of other countries central matters, strategic minerals, strategic wealth for our country, is not defending sovereignty; it is not defending the economic independence of our country.
So we have defended ending privatizations, nationalizing all the riches of our country.
Samara Martins: And this applies to iron ore, as in Minas Gerais: mining has proceeded rampantly, even destroying the environment in our country.
Samara Martins: It is defending, moreover, rare earths and oil in the hands of the State, so that we are not at the mercy of these other countries, whether they are Chinese or from the United States.