Um vaqueano no contestado

The peasant movement called the Contestado Rebellion was a social conflict that broke out on the borders of Paraná and Santa Catarina between 1912 and 1916.The poor population of the region faced legal forces in battle (Brazilian Army, Public Forces of Paraná and Santa Catarina), supported by henchmen of the colonels of the region, the vaqueanos.One of the most important vaqueano leaders was Pedro Ruivo, whose patrol worked with the repression forces based in Canoinhas (SC).The purpose of this article is to analyze aspects of Pedro Ruivo's trajectory, with emphasis on his participation as a vaqueano allied to the North Column, during the Contestado Rebellion and the violent social relationships developed as a result of his performance.The methodology employed is based on a qualitative approach, articulating three procedures: investigation, interpretation, analysis and production of results.To this end, a review of the available literature and analysis of sources were carried out, namely, criminal cases from the relevant period and records of payments to vaqueanos existing in the Historical Archive of the Army.As a result, the research identified the involvement of the character Pedro Ruivo in conflicting and violent social relations, at the time he served as a vaqueano, as well as in the post-Contestado period.We concluded that the vaqueanos' performance during the Contestado Rebellion, and in particular Pedro Ruivo's trajectory, was permeated by episodes of intense violence, which remained even after the end of the conflict

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