Eldorado

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Assassínio de João Canuto de Oliveira:


Em 18 de dezembro de 1985 no Río María del Sur, Pará, Brasil - com 18 tiros. Em 1990, matavam dois de seus filhos também.

The Corumbiara Massacre:

Na fazenda Santa Elina, Corumbiara, Rondônia, 9 August 1995

Rubens Fidelis Miranda (officer), Ronaldo de Souza (policeman), Vanessa dos Santos (aged 7), Nelci Ferreira, Odilson Feliciano, José Marcondes da Silva, Ercílio Oliveira de Campos, Enio Rocha Borges, Sérgio Rodrigues Gomes, Oliveira Inácio Dutra, Jesus Ribeiro de Souza.

The Massacre at Eldorado dos Carajás:

On April 17, 1996, at about 3:00 p.m., several buses arrived at the encampment of 1,500 rural laborers at the “S-curve at kilometre 97” between Eldorado dos Carajás and Marabá in Pará state. Brazil. They were blocking the PA-150 highway. About 200 soldiers under the command of Major José Pereira de Oliveira and Colonel Mário Colares Pantoja of the Military Police, killed twenty-one people and injured another sixty-nine.



The dead were: Altamiro Ricardo da Silva, 'Tonico' Antônio Costa Dias, Raimundo Lopes Pereira, Leonardo Batista de Almeida, 'Badé' Graciano Olimpio De Souza, José Ribamar Alves De Souza, Oziel Alves Pereira, 'Leiteiro' Manoel Gomes De Souza, Lourival da Costa Santana, Antônio Alves da Cruz, Abílio Alves Rabelo, João Carneiro da Silva, 'Irmão' Antônio Iran do Nascimento, José Alves Da Silva, Robson Vitor Sobrinho, 'Surdo-mudo' Amâncio dos Santos Silva, 'Bem-Te-Ví' Valdemir Ferreira Da Silva, Joaquim Pereira Veras, João Rodrigues Araújo, Francisco Divino da Silva, and João Batista Penha.

More than 100 military police and 19 officers went on trial in June 2002. All were absolved with the exception of Colonel Mario Pantoja and Major José Maria Oliveira, who are free while they appeal.

Eldorado, Edgar Allan Poe Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old This knight so bold And o'er his heart a shadow Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow "Shadow," said he, "Where can it be This land of Eldorado?" "Over the Mountains Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied "If you seek for Eldorado!"

alegremente vestido cavaleiro audaz no sol e na sombra viajara longe cantando cancão procurando Eldorado mas envelhecera esse cavaleiro assim audaz e para seu coração caiu escuridão quando encontrou nenhum pedaço de chão que pareceu Eldorado. e como sua força então fracassava encontrou fantasma de peregrino "fantasma," disse "a onde pode ser essa terra de Eldorado?" "ao outro lado das montanhas de Lua lá pelo vale da sombra ande, ande corajosamente" disse fantasma "se você procura Eldorado!"

Reference: Amnesty International - Corumbiara and Eldorado de Carajás, Rural violence, police brutality and impunity

Tags: João Canuto de Oliveira, Corumbiara, Eldorado dos Carajás, Edgar Allan Poe, Brasil, Rondônia, Pará.