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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
A loaded truck travelling through Senhor do Bonfim (BA) at sunset while a worker fixes the road. During the drought period, temporary jobs like these are created to provide thousands of peasants a chance to survive. Nevertheless, the jobs are never enough to stop the rural exodus to large metropolitan areas.Caminhão carregado passando por Senhor do Bonfim (BA) ao pór-do-sol, enquanto um operário conserta a estrada. Durante o período da seca, empregos temporários como este são criados para prover prover oportunidades de sobrevivência a milhares de camponeses. Contudo, os empregos nunca são bastantes para interromper o êxodo rural para as grandes áreas metropolitanas.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1993
Keywords
Brazil: Sertao
