A REGIONAL HISTORY OF THE BRAZILIAN MILITARY DICTATORSHIP

JOÃO AGRIPINO AND THE NATIONAL RENEWAL ALLIANCE (ARENA) IN PARAÍBA

Authors

  • Dmitri da Silva Bichara Sobreira Federal University of Minas Gerais image/svg+xml

Abstract

The Brazilian military dictatorship, established after the civil-military coup of 1964, was a long-lived and complex authoritarian regime which involved different layers of power on federal, regional and state levels. The relationship between them can be observed through several research objects; this article chose to analyze the performance of the National Renewal Alliance (Arena) in the state of Paraíba specifically. Arena was the political party created in 1966 by the regime to give it political support in representative institutions, composing the two-party system with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), a party that would play the role of opposition, as consented by the dictatorship. Faced with a broad-based party organization, we chose to address the performance of João Agripino, the founding politician of Arena in the state, who was its leader throughout its existence and Paraíba's governor between 1966 and 1971. Through the analysis of Agripino's trajectory, his ties with Brazilian political culture are identified, helping us to understand his behavior and political position, which move from national developmentalism to conservatism, as well as his ties with military authoritarianism, linking the aspirations and interests of state policy with the determinations of the federal government.

Keywords: Military dictatorship; Arena; Paraíba; João Agripino; Brazilian political culture

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Author Biography

  • Dmitri da Silva Bichara Sobreira, Federal University of Minas Gerais

    Doutor o em História pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), mestre e graduado em História pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). É pesquisador vinculado ao Laboratório de História do Tempo Presente (LHTP) da UFMG e desenvolve pesquisas sobre a História Política do Brasil Republicano, em especial o período da ditadura militar, com ênfase nos partidos políticos, eleições e atuação parlamentar.

Published

2022-06-24

How to Cite

A REGIONAL HISTORY OF THE BRAZILIAN MILITARY DICTATORSHIP: JOÃO AGRIPINO AND THE NATIONAL RENEWAL ALLIANCE (ARENA) IN PARAÍBA. Revista de História Regional, [S. l.], v. 27, n. 1, 2022. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/rhr/article/view/19982. Acesso em: 6 jun. 2026.