Free Brazil Movement (, MBL) is a Brazilian

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and economically liberal movement founded in 2014. Initially a ramification of the Brazilian branch of Students for Liberty, it grew boarding the political dissatisfaction after the

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, receiving funding from external (''e.g.: ''

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) and internal (''e.g.'':

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, PSDB, PMDB) sources. Its leader is the

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and lawmaker Kim Kataguiri. According to the newspaper '' Folha de S.Paulo'', the MBL was mainly responsible for the convening of the demonstrations of 15 March and 12 April in 2015 against the social governmental establishment of

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and the Workers' Party. The group's headquarters are located in São Paulo, and according to ''

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'', was "founded last year to promote the answers of the

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for the country's problems" In manifesto published on the internet, the MBL, often described as the "Brazilian Tea Party", cites its five goals, "free and independent press, economic freedom, separation of powers, free and reputable elections, and the end of direct and indirect subsidies to dictatorships". The movement also voices strong opposition to cultural liberal ideas such as the rights to abortion and mandated gender-equality efforts. It has been described therefore as " liberal towards economics and conservative towards habits" ('' sic''). Plenário do Senado (29316630155)

Many of the movement's pages were removed from Facebook in August 2018, before the 2018 elections, under the justification that they were being used to promote

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