THE ROYALTIES OF ITAIPU IN EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS IN THE LINDEIRES MUNICIPALITIES IN THE WEST OF PARANÁ (1985-2017)

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the applicability of royalties transferred by the Itaipu Binational Hydroelectric Power Plant, observing its impacts in the educational field. The signing of the Itaipu Treaty, in 1973, occurred through political tensions based on geopolitical interests, in the context of the Cold War in the face of the national-developmentalist model during the Civil-Military Dictatorship (1964-1985). The construction of the Binacional Itaipu hydroelectric plant produced significant changes in the economic, social and territorial scenario in the municipalities bordering the lake of Itaipu. A large part of the population that lived in rural areas was evacuated, leaving productive lands submerged in a large amount of water, in order to give way to the project for the construction of the largest hydroelectric plant in the world at the time. The formation of the reservoir flooded a large area of ​​the municipalities called lindeiros to the lake of Itaipu, with Santa Helena and Itaipulândia being among the hardest hit, having lost a large part of their productive areas, being, therefore, the biggest recipients of the royalties installments, as foreseen in the Federal Constitution of 1988, in its Art. 20. Based on bibliographic and documentary research, we seek to make an analysis of the investments made in education in these municipalities. The transfers made created possibilities, expectations and perspectives for the expansion and improvement of public schools in the western region of Paraná.