Narcotráfico na Amazônia: uma análise das dinâmicas de poder sob a perspectiva da ecologia política

Abstract

This paper aims to understand the dynamics of drug trafficking in the Amazon from the perspective of Political Ecology, highlighting the socio-environmental impacts and the interactions between organized crime. To do this, Political Ecology is used as a theoretical lens to understand how power and exploitation relationships affect the environment and vulnerable populations, fostering inequalities and environmental injustices. The research addresses the growing territorialization of drug trafficking in the Amazon region, with a focus on the Pará Route, and the challenges imposed on traditional communities. The methodology adopts a qualitative approach, with bibliographical review and documentary analysis, the main documents: Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), official websites of the Federal Government, Ministry of Defense (MD) seeking to understand how the absence of the state contributes to the expansion of international drug trafficking. In this way, it is clear that drug trafficking in the Amazon degrades the environment, impacts communities and reinforces an oppressive logic through its territorialization, understanding that Brazil's repressive policies are insufficient to combat the power dynamics of drug trafficking.