A atuação da comissão pastoral da terra no norte de goiás (atual Tocantins) junto aos camponeses: as resistências ao projeto econômico da ditadura civil-militar para a região (1975-1985)

Abstract

The Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) is a commission linked to the Catholic Church and was founded in 1975 by bishops, priests, nuns, brothers and lay Christians with the aim of helping peasants throughout Brazil in the struggle for land ownership. Soon after its foundation, 21 regional divisions were created. Examples of these divisions are the Goiás Regional CPT, the Bahia Regional CPT and the Araguaia/Tocantins Regional CPT, which is responsible for working in the north of Goiás (now Tocantins). With this in mind, the central theme of this research is the political action of the members of the Araguaia/Tocantins Regional Pastoral Land Commission in northern Goiás, in support of peasants between 1975 and 1985, against the economic project of the Civil-Military Dictatorship for the region. To carry out the research, we analyzed documents produced by state agencies and newspapers from the period. Finally, it was noted that the Araguaia/Tocantins Regional CPT was fundamental to many peasants remaining on their land, but in this struggle some Pastoral agents were threatened, tortured and killed. The final product of the dissertation is a booklet on human rights violations during the dictatorship in Tocantins and state documents produced during the military period that reveal human rights violations in the region.