cangaceiros

Luzia lives among bandits after being abducted at an early age by cangaceiros, roving groups of men and women who for centuries plundered and protected the countryside of northeastern Brazil.

2008 September 02 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

A band of cangaceiros-rebel bandits to the landowners, heroes to the people-arrives, wanting goods, food, and seamstresses to adorn their fancy uniforms.

Chicago Reader 2010

Over the years the sisters track each other's vastly different lives through the newspapers-Emilia appearing on the society pages, Luzia, who becomes the cangaceiros 'leader, in the headlines.

Chicago Reader 2010

Bonita (Glória, 8 de março de 1911 [1] - 28 de julho de 1938) foi a primeira mulher a participar de um grupo de cangaceiros.

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Topping the list is Virgulino Lampião, Antonio Conselheiro, Antônio Silvino, Corisco, Dadá, and other cangaceiros (bandits from the Sertão, the northeastern semi-arid and impoverished region of Brazil) and religious leaders, whose own stories are directly linked to the Sertão history, especially as they relate to the most pronounced contrasting issues.

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Topping the list is Virgulino Lampião, Antonio Conselheiro, Antônio Silvino, Corisco, Dadá, and other cangaceiros (bandits from the Sertão, the northeastern semi-arid and impoverished region of Brazil) and religious leaders, whose own stories are directly linked to the Sertão history, especially as they relate to the most pronounced contrasting issues.

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Topping the list is Virgulino Lampião, Antonio Conselheiro, Antônio Silvino, Corisco, Dadá, and other cangaceiros (bandits from the Sertão, the northeastern semi-arid and impoverished region of Brazil) and religious leaders, whose own stories are directly linked to the Sertão history, especially as they relate to the most pronounced contrasting issues.

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