The objective of the present article is to discuss the history of the Brazilian Communist Party (PC do B) during the period that stretches from the Araguaia guerrilla in 1974 to the consolidation of the New Brazilian Republic with José Sarney elected President of the Republic in 1985. Our analysis focuses on understanding the process of change of the political line of the party as the latter seeks to adapt to the process of democratization Brazil underwent at that time.
Brazilian Communist Party (PC do B); Military Dictatorship; New Republic; Democratization