THE BRAZILIAN PUBLIC POLICY FOR QUILOMBOLAS COMMUNITIES: THE KILOMBOLA BRAZIL PROGRAM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CORUMBÁ, IN THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL

Abstract

The work arises in the expectation of analyzing the obstacles faced in the implementation of the Quilombola Brazil Program (PBQ) in the quilombola communities (CQ) in the city of Corumbá - MS. It searches to understand the difficulties in implementing the four axes established by the Quilombola Social Agenda (ASQ) – Access to Land; Infrastructure and Quality of Life; Productive Inclusion and Local Development; Law and Citizenship – by means of monitoring and analyzing the actions related to them in three quilombola communities, Campos Correia, Maria Theodora Gonçalves Paula and Ozório Family. In order to understand the reality experienced by the quilombola communities in the municipality of Corumbá, a survey based on secondary and primary data was carried out through the following interventions: bibliographic review and data collection with public agencies, as well as interviews in the quilombola communities in Corumbá. The challenge put forward is to understand the political, economic and social meanings of these communities’ invisibility, especially their forms and signs of resistance, focusing mainly on the production of survival alternatives by the involved social agents against the scarcity of the State.