Golbery do Couto e Silva and the Amazon and the Plata basins: a comparative analysis of territorial policies of Brazilian State for the two basins

• Grant number: 19/12739-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Effective date (Start): September 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): August 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Andre Roberto Martin
• Grantee: Henrique de Freitas Chimenes Gil
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Brazilian geopolitical thought, which took place within the Armed Forces, exerted influence on the projects executed by successive governments, whether authoritarian or democratic. Golbery do Couto Silva, the main exponent of this "school", left formulations about the main hydrographic basins in the Brazilian territory, namely, the Amazon Basin and the Silver Basin, in this way we will verify the similarities and differences in the formulations of this author, these two areas. These are the two largest basins found in South America, and have been a constant concern of Brazilian governments, especially during the Military Regime (1964 - 1985). The study has recovered the main achievements during this period, as well as those undertaken after redemocratization, and how they reflect the ideals defended by Golbery. He found that the concept of "living borders" was used with a distinct character in the Amazon Basin and the Plata Basin. From this it is concluded that the projects undertaken in the two basins, of which the main examples are, the Calha Norte Project and the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, reflect this different conception of the same concept. (AU)

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(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GIL, Henrique de Freitas Chimenes. Golbery do Couto e Silva and Amazon and Plata Basins: a comparative analysis of territorial policies of brazilian State for the two basins (1964-1985). 2022. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.