A ditadura civil-militar no Maranhão: um olhar sobre a documentação produzida pelos agentes do DOPS – Série "Subversão" (1964-1985)

Abstract

The present Course Conclusion Paper was conceived with the objective of reflecting on the functioning of the Department of Political and Social Order in Maranhão (DOPS/MA). This research will also reflect on how the availability of the files produced by the military contributed to the depth of research on the repression practiced by the security bodies at the federal and state levels, and the impact that opening these files had on the victims of the dictatorship and on Brazilian society. After the coup d'état that initiated the civil-military dictatorship in Brazil, the military set up an apparatus of security organs. Some organs were created and others were redesigned in order to meet the objectives sought by the military, which were to exercise social control to combat the so-called "subversives" and any individual who opposed the "Revolution" and to collect information on Brazilians, especially on the "enemies", which were fundamental tools for maintaining the civil-military dictatorship. For the understanding of the DOPS activities in the state of Maranhão, we will analyze the documents from the Subversion series from the agency that are available in the Public Archive of the State of Maranhão.