Influência internacional no conflito armado de 1998/1999 na Guiné-Bissau

Abstract

The conflict in Guinea-Bissau is mainly because of the wrong policies which were developed for PAIGC years of governance. Politics that intended to social reproduce the leaders of the party and the State-class in general as well, what allows the foreign countries’ participation in the local politic. This purpose led PAIGC to implement a strategy of autonomous development, without the population. During this period, the most of society, especially those in the hinterland, was marginalized. In post-colonial Guinea, this marginalization is related, in part, to the continuity with the centre-periphery model inherited from colonialism. This model rejects traditional culture, which has seen considered by the party's elite as a backward. In this context, the Government has treated the peripheral society as an exterior part. On the other side, the most of society has seen the Government as only an emanation from the centre - an institution whose roots are only in the central society. The post-colonial Government’s practices in Guinea-Bissau translated the main interests of PAIGC’s leaders and the State- class in general. In order to invert this tendency, the Army, the main link between central and peripheral society, reacted to re-establish equality and social justice in the country. The international society also had an important participation in the country re-built and in the search for a viable way to reach the peace.