The Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (, PRTB) is a

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Brazilian political party Brazil has a multi-party system since 1979, when the country's military dictatorship disbanded an enforced two-party system and allowed the creation of multiple parties. Above the broad range of political parties in Brazilian Congress, the Wo ...

. It was founded in 1994 and its electoral number is 28. According to the party's official website, the PRTB's main ideology is

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: "to establish an

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based on

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as the primary economic mechanism for allocation in society".

Overview

It comes from members of the extinct

Renovator Labour Party The Reform Labour Party ( pt, Partido Trabalhista Renovador, PTR) was a political party in Brazil founded in 1985. In 1993 the party merged with the Social Labour Party into Progressive Party. In 1995 the Progressive Party merged with the Refor ...

, a party that functioned between 1985 and 1993, which had merged with the

Social Labour Party The Social Labour Party ( pt, Partido Social Trabalhista, PST) was a political party in Brazil. The PST was founded by dissidents of the Brazilian Labor Party in 1947. Abolished by the military regime in 1965, it was re-organized in 1988 befor ...

, originating the

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. This group, led by Levy Fidelix, had already tried to organize the PTRB, which only ran in the 1994 elections. During the

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, Fernando Collor de Mello decided to run again for the office of

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for the same party that elected him in 1989: the National Reconstruction Party (PRN), now the

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(PTC). The PRTB, together with the PRN, formed the Renova Brasil (Renew Brazil) coalition, in support of the former President of the Republic. The

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(TSE), however, prevented his candidacy from materializing, due to the eight-year period in which he could not be elected to any elective term. It was registered on the

on 18 February 1997 and

Levy Fidelix José Levy Fidelix da Cruz (27 December 1951 – 23 April 2021) was a Brazilian conservative politician, businessman, and journalist. He was the founder of the Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB) and ran for president of Brazil in the electio ...

was elected as party president. In 2006 the party gained electoral importance because of the election of ex-

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, impeached in 1992, who made his comeback in national politics as a

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. However, in 2007 De Mello left PRTB and switched to the Brazilian Labour Party. The party candidated its president Levy Fidelix in the Brazilian presidential election of 2010 and he obtained 57,960 votes (0.06%). In the second round, Fidelix endorsed left-wing candidate

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. In the Brazilian general election of 2014, Fidelix was candidate again and presented himself with a conservative speech and, according to him, the only

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candidate. In the first round of the general election, Fidelix received 446,878 votes, representing 0.43% of the popular vote. The PRTB's founder ranked 7th out of 11 candidates, however achieved his best performance in an election throughout his career. In the second round, Fidelix supported candidate

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. For the Brazilian general election of 2018, the PRTB formed the coalition "Brazil above everything, God above everyone" (''Brasil acima de tudo, Deus acima de todos'') together with the Social Liberal Party to support candidate

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. In May 2018, his pick for Vice President,

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, joined the party.

Controversies

The party has been accused of having links with

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and

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organizations and promoting fake news and conspiracy theories on the internet. During

2014 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 5 October 2014 to elect the president, the National Congress, and state governorships.

the party leader and candidate Levy Fidelix during a debate made a statement that homosexuals “need psychological care” and were better kept “well away from

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us." He also said that Brazil’s population of 200 million would be reduced by half if homosexuality were encouraged because “the excretory system” does not function as a means of reproduction. Fidelix obtained 0.43% of votes.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Legislative elections

Notable members

References

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