A Marinha do Brasil como elemento dissuasor no Atlântico Sul

Abstract

The sea routes have always been an important tool in the process of economic expansion and power. Over the years, maritime security in the strategic environment of coastal states has become essential, either for the maintenance of peace or for the defense of national interests. Brazil has always been a nation focused on the interests of the sea, having in its eastern limits an extensive coastal strip rich in natural resources, living and non-living, making this maritime space, called Blue Amazon, highly valued before the international community. With this, the South Atlantic Ocean naturally became a strategic region for the countries of the southern cone. The security in its surroundings is an object of concern, to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the interests involved by the states that integrate this region. In this context, Brazil, being a country of remarkable political-strategic representation in South America, seeks to maintain a navy prepared to protect its interests and maintain peace and security in this region. This academic work aimed to analyze the role of the Brazilian Navy in protecting this valuable territory, strengthen the jurisdictional limits ratified in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and analyze the preparation and employment of the Brazilian Navy in maintaining security in the South Atlantic. For this, the importance of the South Atlantic to the Brazilian state and its strategic environment, the resource potential in the Blue Amazon and the aspects of security in the South Atlantic were addressed. The fulfillment of the mission of the institution and the needs of a Naval Force ready to perform its function were also addressed. The work was concluded with the certainty that, faced with the presence of international powers in the South Atlantic, Brazil must exercise a leading position in the region and for this it is necessary to improve our naval power.