
Iberians against locusts
Apr 5, 2019 | Papers, Publications

Iberians against locusts: fighting cross-border bio-invaders (1898-1947)
- Inês Gomes, Ana Isabel Queiroz & Daniel Alves
- 2019
- Historia Agraria
- Volume 78
- 127-159
- Language: English
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26882/histagrar.078e05g
- ISSN: 1139-1472 / 2340-3659 (online)
Insects that are potentially harmful to agriculture have shaped agricultural practices and policy-making worldwide. For some species and geographies, historical research still needs to be done. This is not only crucial to understanding the past, but also the present and future of pest surges. An overview of Iberian history in relation to the Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus) between 1898 and 1947 reveals a) the historical distribution of locust invasions, showing that they were much larger than previously suggested; b) how outbreaks triggered local, regional and national responses, including mandatory regulations, in the last two centuries at least; c) differences and similarities, between countries, and over time, in the control measures applied, which reflect perceptions about the role of authorities and the efficacy of those measures. This paper also adds clarity to the discussion about the factors involved in the decline of outbreaks in recent years and provides a crucial context for future Orthoptera management programmes.
Key-words:
locusts, Iberian Peninsula, historical distribution, control measures.
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José Pedro Castanheira's second work about the political police of the Estado Novo during Caetano’s rule, will be launched at the Camões Secondary School in Lisbon,
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José Pedro Castanheira’s second work about the political police of the Estado Novo during Caetano’s rule, will be launched at the Camões Secondary School in Lisbon, with a presentation by Maria Inácia Rezola and Fernando Mendes.
Histórias da PIDE
Quando era a DGS de Caetano. Volume 2
A «evolução na continuidade» prometida em 1968 por Marcello Caetano nada alterou na temida e execrada polícia política da ditadura. Apenas mudou o nome: a salazarista PIDE passou a chamar‑se Direção‑Geral de Segurança (DGS). A «primavera marcelista», que desabrochara com o fim da deportação de Mário Soares em São Tomé, começou a murchar 18 meses depois, quando o socialista foi compelido ao exílio em Paris. Outra vítima foi Daniel Cabrita, militante clandestino do PCP, fundador e primeiro líder da Intersindical (atual CGTP), torturado, julgado e condenado, cuja mulher se suicidou quando ele estava preso na cadeia de Peniche. À atenção e vigilância da PIDE/DGS continuava a não escapar ninguém: nem os sucessivos patriarcas de Lisboa, nem os sete oficiais que viriam a fazer parte da Junta de Salvação Nacional do 25 de Abril de 1974. A violência da DGS atingiu o paroxismo nas colónias, testemunhada pela Cruz Vermelha Internacional: nas vésperas da revolução, em Moçambique a tortura prosseguia, em massa e até à morte.
Estas são algumas das Histórias da PIDE que José Pedro Castanheira investigou ao longo dos anos para o Expresso, e que ocorreram durante a governação de Marcello Caetano.
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