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thout one single exception, played their part. They all did their bit! four years later and involved a specially commissioned interview
Hélcias is also convinced of something else. with the journalist Mônica Silveira. On both occasions, Anchieta
- Suape was achieved by communication. Without communica- Hélcias was impressed by the scale of the industrial port such as
tion, it would not have been possible. he and other visionaries had always believed could turn around the
Anchieta Hélcias reveals that, after moving to Brasília, where economy of Pernambuco and of the region as a whole.
he has now been a permanent resident for over 40 years, he has Looking forward, from the perspective of a businessman and
only visited Suape two or three times, although he comes back to consultant, he foresees that one of Suape’s new projects – the Green
Pernambuco every year. On one of these occasions, in 2008, he Hydrogen TecHub, which will set the complex on the road towards
flew over the site at the invitation of Governor Eduardo Campos. decarbonization – will be especially important, helping to actively
The complex already looked very different, with many structural promote Suape on the national and international renewable energy
projects, including the much dreamt of oil refinery. market. Can anyone be in any doubt that Hélcias’s prediction will
Another visit, arranged by the Rede Globo TV station, occurred not come true?

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