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In the early 1970s the Brazilian government promoted the colonization of a vast area in the state of Para. A few years later the government withdrew its support to the settlers. Abandoned, the peasantry started organizing in Catholic communities, a movement that grew and engaged in a successful struggle to democratize labor unions in the countryside. Their struggle culminated in the creation of a unique credit policy designed to support poor farmers who do not have title to their lands. Constructing the image of the peasantry as environmentally responsible farmers was crucial to gain access...

A pesar de los recientes cambios politicos que ocurrieron en paises de la region amazonica, predomina en sus gobiernos nacionales una ideologia comun de extraccion de recursos naturales. Esta ideologia parece tomar el modelo nacional-desarrollista en boga en los anos 70, aunque conservando elementos de la ideologia liberal de los anos 90. Este modelo se caracteriza por una excesiva centralizacion burocratica, que excluye la amplia participacion de la poblacion, y considera los impactos socio-ambientales como externalidades inherentes a los proceso de desarrollo. Los estudios presentados...