The Liberator Party (, PL) was a political party in

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which existed for two periods between 1928 and 1937 and then between 1945 and 1965. The PL's first incarnation was founded by members of the

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Federalist Party, notably Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil. Despite being the traditional opponents of the Riograndense Republican Party, it participated in the Gaucho United Front (''Frente Única Gaúcha'') which supported the candidacy of

Getúlio Vargas Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (; ; 19 April 1882 – 24 August 1954) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Due to his long and contr ...

in the 1930 election. It supported the

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which led to the overthrow of the Old Republic and the accession of Vargas to the presidency. The PL was abolished in 1937, following Vargas' self-coup and the establishment of the Estado Novo. The PL was re-founded in 1945, following the fall of the Estado Novo. Concentrated primarily in the

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of Rio Grande do Sul, it supported a parliamentary system but never achieved electoral success. Like all parties of that era, it was abolished by the military regime in 1965.

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