In 1925, a terrible drought broke out in northeastern Brazil, and the starving population was forced to leave the scorched and barren fields. The refugees’ path was to the south of the country, and they could take only the bare minimum necessary for survival. The city of Illeus, located on the southern coast of Bahia, began to transform and grow thanks to all the workers arriving on the cocoa plantation, which, in turn, contributed to a significant increase in the wealth of the owners of the local
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