Social Structure Of Brazil

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Examines the country's social structure as reflected in two books. Both authors agree that Brazilian society is divided into the powerful wealthy few and the many poor resulting in social, political, legal & economic injustices. Relationship between the Rainforest & poor & exploited workers. Books are: THE BURNING SEASON by Andew Revkin and LATIN AMERICA: BLOCKATES TO DEVELOPMENT by Robinson Rojas.

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"The social structure of Brazil, as reflected in Andrew Revkin's The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest, is starkly divided into the few wealthy and the many poor. The wealthy few are the large landowners and the many poor are the laborers and farmers and squatters who live on the fringe of the rain forest, barely surviving. The result is a society of gross social, political, legal and economic injustices for the many poor in their struggle against the powerful and rich.

In general, this social structure reflects as well the social structure in Latin America in general. However, what makes the situation in Brazil even more tragic and disastrous is that the greed and inhumanity of the few wealthy landowners is destroying not only the lives of the many poor but the life of..."

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