Pillage and destructive development of campesinos territories by megaprojects of mining in Goiás in Brasil (Review)

Abstract

The development of capitalist forces and the advancement of the capital frontier in Brazil rely on the intense exploitation of natural resources such as land, water and minerals as a source of accumulation by spoliation. The territorial implications of this process provoke the plundering of nature and work. In this sense, large mining projects represent the erosive force of mineral capital in the appropriation of the Brazilian subsoil, expropriation of traditional communities and social and environmental conflicts. The objective of this research is to present a geographic analysis of the socio-spatial effects of mining megaprojects in Goiás, Brazil. The methodology used is based on qualitative and quantitative procedures, such as interviews, field diary, participant observation and statistical data collection. The text presents the plunder caused by the impacts of the expansive process of controlled mining national and transnational companies. By appropriating natural resources and transforming large mining projects into commodities, the scale of territorial conflicts, the expropriation of traditional communities and the precariousness of labor increase. Therefore, mineral extractivism based on megaprojects also implies the uneven and destructive development of the territories.