The Mission: "Go To Hell With Your Love"

For those who need a quick history lesson on these terms: during World War II, Brazil made agreements with the United States to supply the Allied Forces with rubber. Hence, there was a large recruitment of people who would be "rubber soldiers", people in charge of the mission of extracting and producing in the rubber plantations. Many were poor people, lulled into promises of recognition, wealth and new life.  Between 1942 and 1953, several people from the Northeast accepted the mission.

On the way through Belém, the rubber soldiers were staying in a shed in terrible conditions. It was the "Pouso do Tapanã", the "Hospedaria do Inferno" or the "Hospedaria do Diabo", as portrayed by the Doctor of History Lara de Castro, from the Federal University of Bahia. It was where the promises of three good meals a day were not fulfilled without considerable productive compensation from the workers. Many people were hungry and practically lived in a regime of slave labor.  

The rubber cycle ended, the war ended, and many people, somehow, continued to look for opportunities in the business. And they continued on to the Tapanã inn. There was no internet and communications were difficult. There was no way to warn others not to go into that situation. The historical estimate is that at least 63,000 people passed through the hostel and then were unable to return home. Suffering was a tonic in the daily life of those who were left to their own devices.

Obviously, there was no way a shed could hold everyone. Soon, the forgotten rubber soldiers and their families began a process of occupation of the neighborhood. Some farms were invaded, housing nuclei were forming. Still far from what would become the "pot crowd", as portrays a melody that reinforces the pride and love for the neighborhood that residents have, despite everyday problems. By the way, this is a story about the neighborhood's identity that is practically lost due to lack of records. Even in this the neighborhood is needy.  "The occupation of the Tapanã neighborhood is largely due to the transformation of rural land, formerly farms into urban land, based on the interest of the real estate capital. The existence of the Val-de-Cans farm is known. part of what is now the Tapanã district.

The pattern of large blocks between Avenida Augusto Montenegro and the Arthur Bernardes highway is noteworthy. 316) and its extension to Pinheiro (currently the District of Icoaraci)", analyzes architect and urban planner José Júlio Ferreira Lima, a professor at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA).  The neighborhood developed in poverty and social inequality. Eventually, real estate speculation brought some progress, but little in the face of everything the area and residents need to live better. Some companies have set up in the area, with promise of employment and social transformation in the neighborhood, such as Brasilit, Frimapa and Socipe. But it was a promise that was not fulfilled as expected and there are many unemployed people in Tapanã. Just like in all of Brazil.

Real estate speculation brought better housing and some infrastructure, but it didn't solve anything

"There is a great performance of the real estate market along Augusto Montenegro, including vertical condominiums, which were implemented after the horizontal condominiums. With that came stores, supermarkets and even shopping centers, but that does not mean that it is progress, since there is parts of the neighborhood without infrastructure, without the same accessibility conditions, compared to other areas of Augusto Montenegro", points out José Júlio.  Tapanã is at a development center in the expanded area of Belém. It is surrounded by some of the main roads in the capital, such as Avenida Augusto Montenegro, the Arthur Bernardes highway, the Tapanã road and the Yamada road. But many people just pass through the neighborhood, which has invisible safety, sanitation and health problems.   Finally, the architect and urban planner says he believes that the most important thing, for Tapanã to have its due value and to overcome historical problems, is to improve access conditions inside the neighborhood. "Integration with the surrounding neighborhoods, implementation of housing programs for low-income population and regulation of land use and occupation to avoid environmental degradation in the remaining green areas and water courses, including the implementation of sanitary sewage, today non-existent," he concluded.

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