Biografias e movimentos de luta por terra em Pernambuco.

The article offers information on the contribution of land claim movements in the creation of social meaning in the sugar plantation region in Pernambuco, Brazil. Interviews with militants from various land claim movements coordinating land occupations and supporting rural workers' access to land in Brazil have been analyzed. The analysis of interviews has revealed that these organizations enable their leaders to become popular in local urban politics. By doing so, they contribute to the transformation of power structures in Brazil.