NEW TENTACLES AND OLD FRONTIERS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING IN BRAZIL

Brazilian political and institutional challenges

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https://doi.org/10.5216/revufg.v25.82365

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Anti-drug policies, drug trafficking, international Amazon, narco-ecology

Abstract

This paper investigates Brazilian public and institutional policies to combat international drug trafficking, analyzing how organized crime is territorialized in the Amazon. The research seeks to understand the consequences of this activity, incorporating concepts such as narcoecology, narcoagribusiness and narcomilitias, as well as the socio-environmental impacts on traditional communities, especially indigenous and quilombola communities. To do this, a shift from Critical Theory to Political Ecology is adopted as a theoretical lens to examine the interactions between socio-environmental dynamics. The methodology is qualitative, with a literature review and documentary analysis of institutional sources and official websites of the Federal Government and Ministry of Defense. The findings show that drug trafficking in the Amazon degrades the environment, affects communities and reinforces an oppressive logic through its territorialization, revealing the insufficiency of repressive policies in the face of the power dynamics involved.

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Gleys Ially Ramos, Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), Palmas, Tocantins, Brasil, gleys.ramos@mail.uft.edu.br

Professora no Curso de Relações Internacionais da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT). Geógrafa e Mestra em Desenvolvimento Regional pela UFT. Doutora em Geografia pela Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). Pesquisadora Convidada no Instituto Universitario de Estudios de las Mujeres y del Género/Universidad de Granada - Espanha em 2017-2018. Professora Convidada no Centro de Estudos das Migrações e das Relações Interculturais (CEMRI), 2018. Coordenadora do OUTRAS -Observatório Transdisciplinar sobre Feminismo, Política e Métodos que Grupo de Pesquisa certificado pelo CNPq e OUTRAS - Observatório Feminista (grupo de estudos). Extensionista na Rede de Cidadania e Direitos Humanos (RCDH). Atual coordenadora do LAERI Laboratório de Ensino em Relações Internacionais da UFT. Docente titular das disciplinas de Geografia Política; Geopolítica; Geografia da Amazônia; e Mulheres, Diversidade e Feminismo.

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Published

2025-12-09

How to Cite

MARTINS, Isabella Silva; RAMOS, Gleys Ially. NEW TENTACLES AND OLD FRONTIERS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING IN BRAZIL: Brazilian political and institutional challenges. Revista UFG, Goiânia, v. 25, n. 31, 2025. DOI: 10.5216/revufg.v25.82365. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/revistaufg/article/view/82365. Acesso em: 13 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 25 (2025): Revista UFG

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