Luta por terra e território no assentamento Todos os Santos em Água Branca, alto sertão alagoano

Abstract

The settlements arising from the Brazilian agrarian reform still bring with them many problems in facing the struggle for land and especially for the conquest of the territory, these socio-territorial movements, like the CPT, seek solutions in an attempt to solve this problem. In the Todos os Santos/Chupete settlement in the municipality of Água Branca in the Upper backlands of Alagoas, the struggle began in 2004 and even after the conquest of the land, the peasantry still faces many struggles for their rights to this day. This work aims to analyze the history of the struggle for land ownership in that settlement, as well as its territorialization process, showing the disputes, conquests and dreams of the leaders of the movements for land and settlers. Therefore, in addition to the bibliographic research, field work was also carried out with semi-structured questionnaires, to assist in the search for the necessary information for its elaboration. The work brings reflections on the importance of social movements in supporting landless workers and seeks to understand the difficulties encountered in leaders and settlers in the struggle for their territoriality and empowerment.