[2][3] Dias began his political career as an alderman for Londrina in 1968, being elected as a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).

In 1994 Dias joined the Progressive Party (PP) and ran for Paraná governor for a second time, losing to Jaime Lerner.

[6] On 4 August 2018, Alvaro Dias officially launched his candidacy for President of Brazil in the 2018 elections as a member of Podemos.

It is not known for sure what sparked the confrontation, but the date was marked in the history of Paraná due to the brutal action of the police, who used stun bombs, horses and dogs against the demonstrators.

Jônatas recalls that back in 1988 the state government published a full-page advertisement highlighting that there were several points that could be distorted by personal or partisan interests.

[10] In 2018, during an interview with Jovem Pan, when asked about the matter by Marco Antonio Villa, who recalled that the date is remembered annually by the Teachers’ Association, the former governor called the episode “fake news”, “lie” and “factoid”.