Brasil, os países da Costa Oeste Africana e a segurança marítima no Atlântico Sul: cooperação e reflexos para a Marinha do Brasil, no início do século XXI

Abstract

Insulated by islands tectonics and continental drift, projection of Brazil toward South Atlanticmaritime area, beyond strategic and wider, brings cooperation as tool for historical approachamong Africa and South America, from where we inherit our culture and perspective: freedom anddevelopment opportunities. On the other hand, Golbery do Couto e Silva, Carlos de Meira Mattose Therezinha de Castro have been warning to central's and emergent's countries approximationwith economic and military strengh, thus in South Atlantic as well as african west coast.Resources abundance compared to the countries fragilities' summed to global enviroment risksfigured outby energetic resource reserve contest, scarce of food and inequalities in african nations,the sovereignty on marines seabed resources are the most concerns and vulnerabilities. Dissuasioncapabilities and maritime security rely on well equipped and prepared Armed Forçes upon strategicprojects development in order to assure vigilance and control, presence, mobility, it mentions:SISFRON, SisGAAz, SIPAM, PESE and PROSUB. Enforce cooperation in strategic partnership inthe context of ZOPACAS, CPLP, ASA and IBSA summit, portuguese speach countries or not, toget togheter and form personnel, equip supply and equip with patrol boat and, who knows in thefuture, submarines, maritime patrol aircraft built in Brazil, will develop national defense industrybase and reinforce as foreseen in PND, END, and LBDN: the dissuasion.Non interference orexpansionary, looking for pacific solution to the conflicts, by respectfully the sovereignty and selfdetermination of countries' people', it enhances Brazil's capability of influence: legitimacy aswisdom strengh.Cooperation examples can be observed in Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, CapeVert, focused on personnel education and navy and coast guard services. Fightting againsttransnational crimes at sea, antipiracy and armed robber over ships in concerted, cooperative andmultilateral basis, yet taking in account international rules of UNCLOS.Widespreeding SisGAAztill african west coast and ZOPACAS countries under a holistic view of managment supervisingand governance to the Soth Atlantic as a whole, this author state the South Atlantic Governanceand Managment System (SISGAS), not only to brazilian people but to all south american andafrican neighbors.Ultimately, shake people's maritime awareness to the suistainable use of searesources and friendship and cooperation with south americans and africans west coast countries,focused on maritime and south atlantic security, promulgating the inspiration of proud Brazil ashasbeen done by Rui Barbosa, Golbery do Couto e Silva, Carlos de Meira Mattos, Therezinha deCastro e Armando Amorim Ferreira Vidigal, among most honorable geopolitics and navalstractegists who keep proud of Brazil and their Navy, the Brazilian Navy.