O papel das forças armadas para o fortalecimento da integração regional na pan-amazônia

Abstract

Historically, countries in the Amazon region face difficulties in achieving the proper integration of this forest into their territory. This happens due to several factors such as the physical characteristics of the hileia, which causes low demographic occupation, hinders the interiorization of urban development and access to quality public services. In addition, it is observed that the structural difficulties of the former South American colonies made economic development in the regions closer to the coast to be prioritized, a fact that would facilitate the flow of agricultural and manufactured products, the main articles of an initially focused economy. for export. This reality, in line with several other factors, put the presence of states in the Amazon region in the background. In contrast, current discussions on global warming, and environmental preservation, and the growing international concern with the permanence of human life on the planet, place the Amazon in the foreground, as an essential condition for maintaining the future of the human species. Thus, this work will focus on the Pan-Amazonian interior, on how the interference of resources and the difficulties in maintaining sovereignty in the region, due to the historical absence of the state, can be exploited by extra-regional powers with interests in the forest. And how integration in defense matters, as well as consensus on issues of securitization in the region, using military cooperation, could favor a change in the international image with regard to sovereignty in the region. To this end, we will highlight how the expertise of the Brazilian Armed Forces in the region could strengthen this integration, as a tool of diplomacy, positioning Brazil as a regional leader in defense of the Amazon.