A importância do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais como instrumento de dissuasão e de projeção de poder ante às "novas ameaças" na região amazônica: internacionalização da Amazônia e o caso colombiano

Abstract

This paper aims to expand the visibility of the Marine Corps before civil and academic society and highlight its importance in the Amazon. Clarify what are the characteristics and capabilities of this troop that makes it essential for the increase of naval power and how its performance contributes to the strategy of deterrence and power projection in the Amazonian environment. By resembling doctrine and developing their actions in an operational environment very close to ours and yet constituting one of the most prominent of all riparian forces, some characteristics of the Colombian National Navy Marina Infants and their development project will be addressed acquired through the Colombia Plan. In addition, an overview of the geopolitics of the region is presented and how new threats, projects of internationalization of the Amazon and the American presence can change the conception of actions triggered in this area. The Marine Corps already has the characteristics needed to be used as an aggregating instrument of the Naval Power, however, it is necessary to speed up its restructuring through a means acquisition program which will allow all characteristics and capabilities to be perfectly developed and effective. Thus, it is hoped that the subject in question can arouse the debate on the part of readers and lead them to a broader understanding of what it is and what it really proposes to do the Marine Corps.