Fire and Power on the River Basin: Irregular Warfare and Socio-Environmental Consequences of the Guerrilla in Araguaia, Brazil

IF 0.3 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Global Environment Pub Date : 2021-02-17 DOI:10.3197/GE.2021.140103

Claudio de Majo

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Abstract

The aim of this article is to retrace a guerrilla episode that occurred in the Amazon region of Araguaia during the military dictatorship in Brazil (1972?1975), opposing a group of militants from the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) and the National Brazilian Army. Taking advantage of the geographical characteristics of the region, a small group of guerrilla fighters was able to confront a large military contingent for almost three years. As this article demonstrates, appealing to the powerful symbolic potential of the Amazon jungle, the guerrilla created a solid environmental narrative of force and shrewdness supported by the local population. However, as military forces began to better explore the region and to resort to irregular warfare strategies, they managed to curb the guerrilla, exterminating almost every member involved in the fight. Finally, this article looks at the marked socio-environmental scars that the conflict left in the region, and how these influenced social, political and ecological equilibriums during the following decades.

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河流域的火和权力:非正规战争和游击的社会环境后果在阿拉瓜亚，巴西

这篇文章的目的是追溯在巴西军事独裁时期(1972 - 1975)发生在阿拉瓜亚亚马逊地区的游击事件，反对来自巴西共产党(PCdoB)和巴西国家军队的一群武装分子。利用该地区的地理特点，一小群游击战士能够与一支庞大的军事特遣队对抗近三年。正如这篇文章所展示的那样，游击队员利用亚马逊丛林强大的象征潜力，创造了一个由当地居民支持的关于力量和精明的坚实环境叙事。然而，随着军队开始更好地探索该地区，并采取非常规战争策略，他们成功地遏制了游击队，几乎消灭了所有参与战斗的成员。最后，本文着眼于冲突在该地区留下的明显的社会环境伤疤，以及这些伤疤如何影响接下来几十年的社会、政治和生态平衡。

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Global Environment ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

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0.50

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25.00%

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