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The government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC/1995-2002) played a significant role in the consolidation of policies directed to the countryside and the agrarian reform process in Brazil. The aim of this paper was to reflect on the profile and stresses involved in agrarian reform policy of the FHC government, and the ramifications of this policy in light of the number of settled families and areas obtained for agrarian reform in Brazil. It was used as source texts of researchers who studied the ways and waywardness of the Brazilian agrarian reform and data from the "Fight for Land Database" (DATALUTA/NERA/Unesp/Presidente Prudente). It is understood that during the FHC government, despite the number of settled families and obtained areas have considerably advanced when compared to previous governments, agrarian reform was treated marginally, and the government sometimes denied the struggles and the leadership role of social movements in the countryside. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Current paper studies some historical aspects that involve the theft of a religious statue in Antonina PR Brazil in 1984. The statue of Senhor Bom Jesus do Saivá, brought from Portugal in the mid-18th century by Captain Manoel José Alves, mysteriously vanished from the high alter of the church where it had laid for almost 200 years. Revolt, commotion and reactions from the Solidarity members and the general public are the object of current analysis and critique. The development of several occurrences and the aftermath of this historical and police episode bring to the fore several issues in the religious and cultural heritage in Brazil, aspects on collective identity and the relationship of the community with its tangible and intangible goods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]