Milagre, comemorações e consenso ditatorial no Brasil, 1972

This paper aims to analyze the construction processes of the social consensus around the Brazilian dictatorship after 1964. Considering that the consensus is a fickle, plural and diversified process, I start from the assumption that its nature throughout the years did not remain stable, acquiring specific characteristics in different moments. Therefore, in this present work I will specifically address the nature of the social pact during the early 70’s, when the General Emílio Garrastazu Médici was the current president. To do so, I took as a reference the civic events to celebrate the 150 years of the Independence of Brazil that occurred between April and September of 1972