The CPs and the democratic question: discussions on democracy in communist parties in Brazil

Abstract

The centrality on the democratic question guided PCB discussions from the Declaration of March 1958, serving as thesis for the Fifth PCB Congress in 1960. As a reflection of this new party guideline fomented the section of communists in Brazil between PCB and PCdoB. So, in the face of the military dictatorship, there was a long period of transition to democracy in Brazil, caused both parties to seek as a political tactic the end of the military regime through a conservative and agreed transition. Therefore, this article aims to discuss how the influence of the democratic question in the political of the communist parties of Brazil was processed. As for the methodological procedures, it will be a qualitative work, since it aims the historical reconstitution seeking to examine comparatively the PCs, through bibliographies referring to the most significant elements of the international and national context.