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COMO O PT DESTRUIU A INDÚSTRIA DO CACAU NA BAHIA
382 statements · 1 politicians · June 12, 2026 · 21 min
Statements by Renan Santos. 382 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Income Transfer Policies, Agricultural Policy, Parties and Elections, Health Regulation.
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Desconhecido
About: condition Bolsa Família benefits on a work requirement
People here in the region live on 600 reais from Bolsa Família and don't want to come to work.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
About: condition Bolsa Família benefits on a work requirement
We try to find someone and nobody wants to work.
You guys see, right?
- For
About: recover cocoa production in Bahia
I'm going to show you how the PT destroyed cocoa here in Bahia and how we can recover the sector.
Look, everyone, he opens it and throws the pulp with the seed over here to ferment.
It's really crazy, because it, like, ferments the fruit and you're left with just the little seed.
Desconhecido
We were doing the cocoa selection.
Desconhecido
We take the cocoa, sort it and put it in this one here.
Desconhecido
Then after some time the cocoa starts to bleed.
Desconhecido
That's when the plant gives off a kind of cocoa secretion.
Desconhecido
So when it starts to bleed, it's no longer the right time for us to put it up on the barge to dry.
Desconhecido
And that was the work I did with my dad over the weekend.
Desconhecido
I took the cocoa in a bucket and carried it up there to dry it.
Cool, so basically you remove it from the pulp; with the bleeding it loses what remains of the pulp, leaving only the seed.
And then you toss the seed up there.
Cool.
And you did that on the weekend?
Desconhecido
I did.
You rascal, huh?
- For
About: investigate and hold politicians accountable for sabotage of agriculture
Just so you understand a problem of... I mean, everyone knows, for those... For our long video here, that witch's broom was a disease brought by the PT to try to destroy the cocoa farms, making production not worthwhile.
To understand how much you... It's a fungus, right?
How much of your cocoa fruit do you lose because of witch's broom?
Desconhecido
About 50% here.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
About: expand CEPLAC's assistance to cocoa crops
That's because I've been spraying some treatments, some products that help fight the fungus.
Desconhecido
Because there are many properties around where the loss is 80%.
Wow, if you leave it without applying treatment, you lose practically the entire production.
Desconhecido
Almost the entire production is lost.
- For
Desconhecido
About: expand government assistance to the cocoa-growing region
And the products are very expensive, it's not worth it for us to spray.
Desconhecido
to spray the cocoa plantation, or apply to the cocoa plantation.
Desconhecido
But, because we live on the farm, have an agricultural livelihood, we make the sacrifice to save a bit of the crop.
So, this region here of Bahia used to be the world's largest cocoa producer, supplying big companies in Brazil and abroad.
This sabotage, basically, destroyed an entire sector.
Do you think it's possible to recover the sector here?
Desconhecido
Yes, it's very possible.
Desconhecido
because now it's necessary to have someone interested in cocoa production, someone who will come to recover cocoa production.
Has Embrapa never acted to solve this witch's broom issue?
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Desconhecido
About: expand CEPLAC's assistance to cocoa crops
CEPLAC has done a lot for the region, but the much it has done is still little to be able to save the cocoa crop.
Desconhecido
So far it still hasn't found a solution, because if it had found one it would have already solved the problem.
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But the neglect is very great.
Desconhecido
Cocoa from the southern region was responsible for 60% of Bahia's economy.
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