REGIÃO DO CENTRO-OESTE BRASILEIRO: APROPRIAÇÃO DA "TERRA PROMETIDA" PELO CAPITALISMO AGRÁRIO NOS TERRITÓRIOS DO CERRADO.

The biblical term "promised land" comes from traditions in the communities described in the Old Testament, as land that sustains and maintains life. The Pastoral Commision of the Eart - CPT acknowledges land use laws as practices occurring before land ownership laws, promulgated in Brazil in 1850. Thus, neither the land nor the wealth produced should be privatized. In Psalms 37:11, God reveals that the meek shall inherit the land. In Leviticus 25:23, He says: "for the land is mine, for you are strangers and sojourners with me." (CEBI, 2006, p. 7-8). The traditional communities live and occupy territories wisely and in community, by using natural resources in a permanent process of reconstruction and resistance to violence caused by agrarian capitalism. The the promised land has been taken by the agrarian capital that transforms land into merchandise, leading to the expulsion of the legitimate land owners and forcing them to make large profits, leaving them distant from their true and original objective, which is life sustainability for the peoples on Earth. Besides the land issue, there is also the inappropriate use of water by enterprises as a form of control of hydroterritory, that is, articulated forms to control territory and water, other fundamental element regarding life constitution and maintenance of all the peoples on Earth. The theoretical discussion resorts to studies and bibliographic surveys of authors who debate the topic related to the appropriation of the Brazilian Cerrado and traditional communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]