O brasiguaio en la prensa: período de Fernando Lugo Mendéz (2008-2012)

Abstract

The research analyzes the representations of the brasiguayos produced in the Paraguayan press in the period of the assumption of President Fernando Lugo Méndez, between the years of (2008-2012 until the coup), and years after his government. The period of government of Fernando Lugo is studied as in his leadership occurred several violence, real estate occupations and a constant struggle between peasants and large landowners: the Paraguayan press analyzed called them as "Brazilians in Paraguay". They quickly had their dismissal with a large majority supported by sectors of brasiguayos, since they saw the government as an obstacle to their development as an economic agent and also testify that they lived in total abandonment during his government (indications). The question that directs the research is: Who are the brasiguayos transmitted in the two newspapers? As a methodological support we have the paradigm of Carlos Ginzburg that takes main attention in the individual appearance, in the indications and thus its influence is qualitative. As a bibliography, we use the contributions of Leandro Baller (Jose Luis Albuquerque, Paraguayan and "Brasiguayo" peasants on the eastern border of Paraguay), Henrique Da Silva (frontiers, advantages and peculiarities of Teuto-Brasiguaya colonization), The Paraguayan Encyclopedia, among other researchers of expressive contribution. These narratives of the authors, in agreement or not with the indications of the newspapers. It shows that the difficulties of these Brazilians are shown in the obtaining of legal titles of their properties that often walks to the fight with peasants and Paraguayan carperos. We note that both specialists in the brasiguaya theme and the two newspapers present the theme of "identity" that is present with the confrontation of "I" and "other." Therefore, it is understandable the manifestation of a national identity and the barrier of adaptation by the other. In this way, it is sought to understand how is the treatment given to the brasiguayos in the newspapers of ABC Color and Last Hour in Paraguay reinforcing the idea that the term itself receives several meanings because they are dynamic actors.