Braço Forte, ¿Mão Amiga?: A journey through the counterinsurgency practices of the Brazilian army in Haití and Rio de Janeiro
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https://doi.org/10.35305/cc.vi133.109Keywords:
Operaciones de Paz, Contrainsurgencia, MINUSTAH, BrasilAbstract
When it comes to talking about Brazil's participation in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haití (MINUSTAH), the novelty of its approach tends to be highlighted. The combination of military operations and social work was pointed out as an advance in dealing with the urban conflict in Port-au-Prince. The deployment in Haití has been traditionally indicated as the inspiration for the Police Pacification Units (UPP) of Rio de Janeiro. However, those who make those statements tend to ignore that these techniques can trace their origin to the French colonial pacification campaigns and that these were widely used within Brazil.
In this paper, we describe the origin and doctrinal bases of French counterinsurgency techniques that will later be incorporated by the Brazilian Armed Forces. These tactics, applied within Brazil, will travel to Haití where they will be polished and re-imported for use in Rio de Janeiro. Ultimately, what we pointed out is the existence of the synergy and feedback of these pacification experiences and how their origin can be found in a much more distant past than the establishment of MINUSTAH in 2004.
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