Uma aproximação teórica ao debate do subimperialismo: armadilhas do desenvolvimento?

Abstract

The capitalist mode of production has demonstrated various significant transformations and developments throughout its historiography. Approximately since 1870, a configuration of an imperialist phase has been noted, which perpetuates itself through the condition of dependence of Latin American countries on central countries. In accordance with this reasoning, Latin American peripheral countries find themselves subordinated to a context of structural value transfers to the center, a systemic condition that hampers effective progress in the economies of the nations in discussion. Within this scope, the emergence of Brazilian subimperialism in Latin America presents itself as a particular dynamic of capitalism in Brazil in which policies are implemented with the aim of replicating imperialist practices within its regional context to mitigate the damages caused by the value transfers. Doing so, the Brazilian state, which has an active role in the process, shifts the burden to its Latin American neighbors and to South American workers, fostering a deepening of dependency in Latin America as it reinforces an imperialist integration on the continent.