| Summary: | The turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century was marked by the expansion of economic activities in the Amazon region, causing deep socio-spatial impacts. Driven by international rubber demands, sheds, ports and roads were erected. Under the aegis of the progress discourse, thousands of workers were co-opted to labor in the extraction of latex. In the rubber plantations, relations were marked by violence. This essay presents notes on the exploitation of indigenous labor in the formation of rubber plantations in Rondônia. We deal with worker's coping strategies, working conditions and interethnic contact. Our objective was to contribute to the debate about the expansion of capitalist relations in the Amazon region and the impacts of this process on the indigenous populations of Rondônia.
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