Território Federal de Ponta Porã :o Brasil de Vargas e a Marcha para o Oeste

Abstract

This study aims to examine how Federal initiatives, particularly the "Marcha para Oeste” (March to the West), during Estado Novo, influenced the creation of the Federal Territory of Ponta Porã (1943-1946). For this purpose, at first, we will demonstrate how the creation of the Federal Territory of Ponta Porã was inserted in the Estado Novo nationalization policy, especially regarding the territorial and border occupation of the country. Secondly, we reflect on the reality of the region where the Federal Territory of Ponta Porã was created, the south of Mato Grosso, at that time. For this reason, it became imperative to report the presence and trajectory of the Mate Laranjeira Company, a private company of extraction and export of yerba mate, which increasingly became an obstacle to the settlement policy and nationalization of Estado Novo. Finally, we make a reflection on the project "model" written for the Federal Territory of Ponta Porã by its administration, and what was actually enforceable in its short three-year period of existence. We also make a brief analysis of the process of extinction of the Federal Territory of Ponta Porã.