“Parties go, but ARENA remains”: the formation of ARENA and the political disputes in the state of Amazonas (1964-1966)

Abstract

This article aims to understand the process of party-political restructuring that took place in the state of Amazonas after the establishment of institutional act nº2, seeking to analyze the process of formation of new parties and the way in which the political disputes existing in the state in the period prior to the 1964 coup were resignified from the AI-2. Our emphasis will be on the 1966 legislative elections and on the political articulations for the consolidation of the National Renovating Alliance (ARENA), in the state.