Oil and port in the northern territory of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

This article analyzes the recent economic dynamics of the state of Rio de Janeiro / Brazil, from the perspective of the pattern of Brazilian economic growth, focusing on the current process in the north of the State. The article addresses the socio-spatial impacts of the major infrastructure and production projects linked to this pattern, as well as the resulting conflicts. This work seeks to contribute to the reflections on the trends and implications of the participation of the peripheral economies in the new International Division of Labor, in order to reflect about the breadth and depth of the current dynamics of speculative financial capital and the global crisis closely linked to the capitalist crisis. The article will highlight the Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Complex of the Campos Basin and the Aí§u Industrial and Port Complex as well as four cases of social groups affected by the destructive impacts of these large investment projects, which spread to the capitalist periphery.