Entre enxadas, foices, metralhadoras e fuzis: Estado ampliado e luta de classes no município de Mari 1964.

Abstract

Among sickles, hoes, machine guns and rifles, this work aims to discuss how the conflict known as the “Tragedy of Mari” occurred in January 1964 in the state of Paraíba. The conflict is marked by the death of 11 people, seven by landowners and police, while four were killed by peasants; the combat is marked by an army weapon that was in the possession of landowners. This shock is defining to understand the course of the 1964 Military Coup in Paraíba, considering that after the confrontation, the orientation by the Pedro Gondim government (which tried to maintain a role of conciliator) was one of repression since more than 100 Police officers began to guard the Várzea Region where the city of Mari was located.