“Posicionamentos da instituição maçônica no processo político ditatorial brasileiro (1964): Da visão liberal ao conservadorismo”

Abstract

This research aims to evaluate the position of Freemasonry in Brazil’s political, economic and social realms, from 1960 to 1989 which is the period of planning and initiation of a military coup. We researched the Brazilian Freemason’s position towards the military dictatorship, through interviews and documentary searches in newspapers. In this paper we present a summary of the political events that took place under the Brazilian military dictatorship to explain our theoretical framework establishing a division which interfered briefly in the history of Freemasonry. Following our research analysis, evaluations and comparisons, it was established that
Freemasonry officially supported the military dictatorship, but several Freemasons were opposed to the institution’s guidelines.