Lutas e conquistas de camponeses sem terra: a trajetória dos assentados da Fazenda Aruega, Novo Cruzeiro - MG

Abstract

The aim of this study wasto observe eventual benefits to state of life of settle men families of Aruega Farm, NovoCruzeiro-MG,afterland tenure. The hypothesis is that probable benefits should indicate social inclusion ofthe peasants, by wayofagrarian reform. For such, their lifetrajectory was studied. The settle men families belonged to Brazilian peasants excludedofcitizenship wrights, historically submitted to a rural elite powerful andmissedin Brazilian government projects. They experienced an organizational process which culminated with land conquest, worked collectively and, after eleven years, they have an wayoflife close to other peasant families in the region, which were not beneficiariesofthe agrarian reform program. The Fazenda Aruega settlement showedoneselfto be a good exampleofsocial importanceofagrarian reform in our country. The collective conquests in educational, health, financing, association, communication and woman participation áreas, beyond subjective gratification from the land struggie, areimportant indicators ofsocial insertion to those families. From the economic point of view, family income improvement could be observed. After settled, that people began to produce more tothemselves, withoutneed to deliver a part ofthe production to employers orpaitners. Mostofthe settlement consumption comes from their owntillage. The dairy production isofless importance concerning income, but that practice in the settlement indicates access to an activity never exploited before and exclusive to employers and farmers of the region.