Fronteira Brasil-Guiana Francesa: interações espaciais, cidades gêmeas e exploração petrolífera

Brazil-French Guiana border: spatial interactions, twin cities and oil exploration

Abstract

Between moments of approximation and separation, over time, the classic logic of the Brazil-French Guiana border and its traditional security and defense functions began to coexist with others such as integration and cooperation. However, the period of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 11, 2020 to May 5, 2023) highlighted several obstacles in the relationship between Brasília and Paris, which involve the completion of the BR-156 highway, the regularization of traffic across the Franco-Brazilian Binational Bridge, among other points. Thus, the present work presents an analysis of the spatial interactions on the land border between Brazil (Amapá) and France (French Guiana), contemplating the consolidation of the border, the dynamics of the twin cities and the recent oil exploration on the north coast of Oiapoque. In terms of methodology, the present work constitutes a qualitative research, based on bibliographic analysis, from the perspective of Geopolitics and Political Geography, enriched with fieldwork and thematic cartography.