The dry port of Foz do Iguaçu and the reticularization of the border

Abstract

This article analyzes the Dry Port of Foz do Iguaçu as a central element in the process of reticularization of the tri-national border between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Based on an approach grounded in critical geography, particularly drawing on the contributions of Milton Santos, the study seeks to understand how logistical and digital infrastructures reorganize territory by intensifying flows of goods, information, and capital. It discusses how this logistical node reflects and reproduces socio-spatial inequalities, while also constituting a strategic space of control, regulation, and circulation within the context of globalization and the platformization of the economy. The Dry Port not only materializes the circuits of the global economy but also reveals the contradictions between the selectivity of flows and territorial exclusion. This work contributes to the understanding of new territorial dynamics associated with the networked (reticulated) territory and their implications for sovereignty and socio-spatial cohesion in border regions.