The families of the Paulo Bento Revolutionary Area occupied the
headquarters of the Agrosilvopastoril Sanitary Defense Agency of the
State of Rondônia (Idaron), in Mirante da Serra, on February 26.
The occupation carried out by the peasants, organized by the League
of Poor Peasants (LCP) of Rondônia and Western Amazonia, was motivated
by the state’s refusal to issue the Animal Transport Guide (GTA).
The organized action of the peasant masses forced the president of
Idaron to commit to expediting the setting up of files for the families
of the Paulo Bento Revolutionary Area that raise or wish to raise
livestock on their plots of land.
Idaron is known for hindering the regularization of cattle production
for small landowners, but for facilitating the registration of large
landowners. On August 7 of last year, the peasants of the Monte Verde
Revolutionary Area, also organized by the LCP of Rondônia and Western
Amazonia, occupied the municipality of Monte Negro in Idaron and were
able to gain access to GTA.
The Revolutionary Area
The Paulo Bento Revolutionary Area, formerly Camp Fidel Castro 2,
honors the peasant Paulo Sérgio Bento Oliveira, 36, who was cowardly
murdered by men from the Special Operations Group (GOE) of the Military
Police in Mirante da Serra on May 16 last year. As denounced in issue
189 of AND [A Nova Democracia], Paulo Oliveira was persecuted by police,
being detained inside the Camp Fidel Castro 2, beaten by the military
police and then executed.
Two days after the murder of Paulo Oliveira, his companions organized
the takeover of the Bonanza farm. Since then, peasants have been
resisting the intimidation of landowners in the region and the PM. In
July and August of last year the People’s Court was held, with the
distribution of lots of land among the families, who came to live, work
and produce on their piece of land conquered through organized struggle.
The peasant families of the Paulo Bento Revolutionary Area already
produce corn, peanuts, cassava, beans, watermelons, sugarcane, squash,
cucumbers, okra, yams, vegetables, eggs, chickens and pigs, and already
grow hundreds of fruit trees.
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