The arguments of agribusiness in judicial processes filed against the traditional fishery Community of the “Quilombo de Caraíbas” and the land regularization of the Federal's patrimony in the North of Minas Gerais

Abstract

https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-8966/2023/71295

This article presents the analysis of the arguments produced by agribusiness representatives in the context of legal disputes involving the traditional fishery Community of the “Quilombo de Caraíbas”, and the land regularization of the Federal's patrimony in the São Francisco North-Mineiro River basin. In order to reach the objective, we articulated a bibliographical review with documentary research, carried out through the analysis of contents arising from these judicial processes. As a result, we present a summary of the arguments filed in court by the landowners and businessmen in question, exercising a controlled interpretation of the contents they carry. The analysis of these arguments showed us the continence of their contents in relation to broader rhetoric and language games, constituted of signifiers and preconceptions that make feasible, in practical terms, the maintenance of power relations and the adequacy of macroeconomic conditions to the regional agrarian context.