“NOS BRAÇOS DA HORRÍVEL SITUAÇÃO”: A SECA DE 1932 E O GOVERNO PROVISÓRIO NO CEARÁ

Abstract:

The article investigates how the fight against
the 1932 drought in Ceará was handled,
while historically analyzing its elements in the
formation process of the Vargas Provisional
Government (1930-1934). As we discuss the
development of the first signs of drought, we
analyze the disputes surrounding the adjustment
of the post-revolutionary intervention in Ceará.
With the worsening drought, the provisional
government renewed its commitment to the
affected states, but despite its impetus for
structural change, it turned to old solutions to
deal with this historical problem. We have used
various sources, including mainly newspapers,
official documentation produced at local and
national level and works by memorialists, to
analyze how the main institutions in charge of
public aid, namely the Federal Inspectorate
for Action Against Drought and the Ministry of
Traffic and Public Works, started to deal with
the social crisis. We point out that throughout
the Provisional Government (1930-1934) the
debate over drought gradually broadened, as
the post-revolutionary state consolidated itself.

Keywords: Provisional Government; Drought;
Ceará.