A criação e relevância da comissão pastoral da terra Araguaia-Tocantins (CPT) na Região Norte e bico do papagaio, no contexto da luta dos povos deserdados da terra

Abstract

The present work aims to highlight all of Comissão Pastoral da Terra’s (CPT) creation journey over decades, searching from its roots until its work nowadays focusing in Araguaia-Tocantins’s unit, located in Araguaina-TO. The Comissão Pastoral da Terra works directly and coherently in the damages occurred in Brazilian countryside and takes part at the Catholic church especially in the liberation theology wing. Consequently, it was necessary to discuss the chaotic scenario where the Brazilian rural area is, narrating the inequalities and injustices assigned by the money owners and the State. The research had a wide bibliographic review on the exposed themes and a visit to the headquarter of CPT in Araguaia-TO. It was analyzed local monographs and great author’s works that talked about the theme. The Notebook of Rural Conflicts published annually by CPT was fundamental to obtain data about the conflicts, disputes and slave labor in rural areas. Therefore, this work seeks to clarify all the CPT’s situation and its coordinators’ job, pursuing to highlight Araguaia-Tocantins unit in its practice territory, embracing the nearby towns and all the Bico do Papagaio.