Antônio Manoel (47 years)

“I began to working the sugar cane fields when I was 9 years old. Nobody´s rights are respected.You´re not paid a just wage. The Sugar Mill tells you to go and look for your rights –but you never find them.”

(What do I think of the Sugar Mill owner?): “he destroys the rights of all of us.”

João Raimundo (31 years)

“What did I get from cutting sugar cane? All I got was lose my finger. There are a lot of grave accidents –to the leg, to the arm. A lot of the time, the person isn´t able to work. The Sugar Mill´s doctor gives you three days off –and after that, you are obliged to work. Rights? No one´s rights are respected.”

(What do I think of the Sugar Mill owner?): “he´s a latifundiary who sucks the workers´ blood.”

João (55 years)

“I worked and worked and what did I get? Only old age and exhaustion”

(What do I think of the Sugar Mill owner?): “He´s an exploiter of slaves.”

Maria José (54 years)

“I worked in the morning so as to be able to pay my bills in the afternoon. Working in the sugar cane field doesn´t give a return. Even if you´re sick, you still have to work. Only the sugar bosses make profit, it´s only them that get rich.”

What do I think of the Sugar Mill owner?): “he kills us with work.”

Albertina Maria (40 years)

“There´s no future in the sugar cane field. I´ve never had anything – just work and ruin. Work and not receive anything in return. The little health I had has gone.”

(What do I think of the Sugar Mill owner?): “he´s corrupt.”

Manoel (57 years)

“Ever since I was 10 years old I´ve worked in the sugar cane fields and it has given me nothing – not even to eat. It´s slavery. There´s no freedom.”

(What do I think of the Sugar Mill owner?): “he´s a thief, a robber.”

Heleno Inácio (56 years)

“Sugar cane? It´s the cause of our backwardness. I was brought up in the Sugar Mill. When I was 9 years old, I began to work. I´ve had two accidents – one on the foot and the other on the hand. Rights are good things but I never got them. There´s no gain in cutting sugar cane, only drawbacks. You are called to work at any time, day or night, sun or rain – and you don´t have a right to anything.”

(What do I think of the Sugar Mill owner?): “he robbed us of our conscience – he´s a werewolf.”