O emprego da Marinha do Brasil na ajuda humanitária: capacidades e limitações

Abstract

In order to study how the Brazilian Navy (BN) has exercised itsrole in humanitarian aid, this paper proposes to analyze current capabilities and limitations of the participation of this force in helping the victims of natural disasters when demand arises in the country, in cooperation with the Civil Defense (CD), or in Humanitarian Operations (HumOp),abroad.The methodology includes description, search, comparison and analysis of information obtained and the result is a monograph structured into six chapters, in which are covered: the expected increase in the occurrence of natural disasters and how it can impact the BN; the conceptual framework of the research; the role of international and regional organizations as normalizing instances; Brazilian legislation that guides the conjuncture in which the Armed Forces, especially the BN, acts in humanitarian aid; the actions of the navies of Brazil, UK, USA and Chile in humanitarian aid and logisticalbasis tothis task. Afterwards, the capabilities and limitations of BN are presented in this role and is made a comparative analysis between the principal means employed by the BN in this task and those used by the other studiednavies.In conclusion, it is shown the position of the author who, in summary, concluded that to the extent that the MB is preparing to employ the Naval Power in the defense of the State and have the resources for that, is already preparing to act in disaster times. Thus, the more capable the MB is to fulfill its basic tasks, especially to project power on earth, the greater their capacity to act in humanitarian aid.The author does not intend to exhaust the debates on thisissue, but believes that the suggestions will serve to mitigate observed limitations and, somehow, contribute to the improvement of the use of BN in cooperation activities with CD and HumOp.