Pirataria no Golfo da Guiné : desafios e oportunidades para a Marinha do Brasil

Abstract

After practically extinguishing itself between the 19th and 20th centuries, maritime piracy reappeared on the world stage from the 1980s onwards, affecting the current globalized world, dependent on maritime traffic for the flow of international trade. The Gulf of Guinea, an area located in the strategic Brazilian environment, became a target for piracy due to the existence of several natural resources, such as oil and natural gas, and is currently the main area of tension for global piracy. The damage caused by the action of pirates reinforces the concern about the maritime safety of the West African coast. In view of this fact, it is important to coordinate the efforts, human, operational and economic resources of the various actors involved, so that a prompt response is given to the growing threat of maritime piracy to the various maritime lines of communication. In this sense, the objective of this work is to suggest ways in which the Brazilian Navy can contribute to the repression of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea region, cooperating with African countries to create an environment of peace and prosperity throughout the world. South Atlantic, providing sustainable economic and social development. In the suggestions presented in the work, the Brazilian Navy should seek to contribute to the repression of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea through the construction of a cooperative environment aimed at regional stability and peace, the increase of Brazilian projection on a world level and the safeguarding of the national interests located abroad