Memórias do movimento social ‘seringueiro’: Wilson Pinheiro, Chico Mendes e Osmarino Amâncio

Abstract

The text presents an interview with Osmarino Amâncio Rodrigues, an important historical leader of the rubber tapper movement, which gave rise to Extractive Reserves. In the conversation, he recalls memories of how rural unionism was organized in Acre, the support of the Catholic Church, and the importance of theology, as well as accounts of Wilson Pinheiro and Chico Mendes. Additionally, and most notably, Osmarino narrates emotional aspects of his biography.