MIGRANTES DA TERRA: a migração em áreas de reforma agrária no Maranhão

Abstract

This paper analyzes the migration process in agrarian reform areas in the Amazon state of Maranhão, one of the poorest regions of Brazil. Specifically analyzes the Alto Bonito community (Cigra settlement) a community resulting from the struggle for agrarian reform in the state of Maranhão. Discusses the migration process in Brazil's historical formation, with reference to the migration carried out by workers of the field, here called migrant land, highlighting the phenomenon as a consequence of the capital improvement process in the field, linked to the fragility of public policies for the field. Also discusses the role of social movements and their relation with the migration process, with reference to the peasant struggles carried out from the 1950s, marking the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), while peasant political organization of the community searched.

Keywords

• migration
• land issues
• settlement