Chico Mendes: a morte anunciada

Abstract

The book is composed of 195 seven-syllable stanzas in the style of a cordel, in which the author narrates the trajectory of the Mendes family and the main reason for their migration to the northern region of Brazil. It addresses subjects such as the birth of Chico Mendes, his professional activities, his first contact, in the jungle, with a Marxist soldier and the influence that this had on his way of life and his way of fighting, and speaks of his participation in the union movement, as well as the founding of the Rural Workers Union of Xapuri.