The Social Liberal Party is a conservative political party in Brazil. Founded in 1994 as a social liberal party, the PSL was registered on the Superior Electoral Court in 1998.
Enéas Ferreira Carneiro was a Brazilian cardiologist, physicist, mathematician, professor, writer and politician. He represented the state of São Paulo in the National Chamber of Deputies and ran for presidency three times. He was founder and leader of the nationalist and conservative Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (PRONA), which was usually seen as being far-right.
Podemos, previously known as the National Labour Party is a Brazilian political party which supports direct democracy.
Olavo Luiz Pimentel de CarvalhoGCRB is a Brazilian polemicist, self-educated philosopher, political pundit, literary critic, former astrologer and journalist living since 2005 in Richmond, Virginia.
Patriota, formerly the National Ecological Party, is a far-right political party in Brazil. It was registered in the Supreme Electoral Court in the summer of 2012. The President of the party is the former State Deputy of São Paulo Adilson Barroso, who before creating PEN was a member of the Social Christian Party. The party's TSE Identification Number is 51.
Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He served in the country's Chamber of Deputies, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro, between 1991 and 2018. He was elected president as a member of the conservative Social Liberal Party, before leaving them to found the party Alliance for Brazil.
General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the President, Vice President and the National Congress. Elections for state governors and vice governors, state legislative assemblies and the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District were held at the same time.
The 2017 Brazilian general strike took place on April 28, 100 years after Brazil's first general strike in June 1917. The movement was a protest against reforms of labor laws, which were later adopted and social security proposed by Michel Temer government and pending in National Congress of Brazil.
Antônio Hamilton Martins Mourão is a Brazilian politician who sits as the 25th and current Vice President of Brazil under President Jair Bolsonaro since 1 January 2019. Mourão is a retired Brazilian Army General, the highest rank a Brazilian soldier can reach during peace time. He is a member of the Brazilian Labour Renewal Party. Despite the Bolsonaro government being highly criticized for its actions towards native communities, Mourão is the first ethnically indigenous person to ever hold the office of vice president of Brazil.
Eduardo Nantes Bolsonaro is a Brazilian, politician, lawyer and federal police officer. He is the third child of Jair Bolsonaro, the 38th President of Brazil.
The 2018 presidential campaign of Jair Bolsonaro was announced on 3 March 2016. Brazilian federal deputy and former military officer Jair Bolsonaro became the official nominee of the Social Liberal Party during their convention on 22 July 2018. The running mate decision came later on 8 August, when General Hamilton Mourão was chosen to compose the ticket with Bolsonaro. By choosing Mourão as running mate Bolsonaro secured a coalition with the Brazilian Labour Renewal Party.
Livres is a Brazilian social-liberal political movement which joined the Social Liberal Party (PSL) in 2016 to reinforce the political party's social liberal values.
Ana Caroline Campagnolo Bellei is a Brazilian politician, author, lecturer and historian.
Onyx Dornelles Lorenzoni is a Brazilian politician, businessman, and veterinarian. A member of the Democrats (DEM), he is currently a Federal Deputy from Rio Grande do Sul in his fourth term. After the 2018 Brazilian general election, president-elect Jair Bolsonaro invited Lorenzoni to be Chief of Staff. He was also designated leader of the transition team.
Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez is a Colombian-Brazilian philosopher and former Minister of Education of Brazil.
Damares Regina Alves is a Brazilian attorney and evangelical pastor. She has been Minister of Human Rights, Family and Women in the Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro. She is the second female minister appointed to the new government as of December 2018. Damares is concerned about issues such as abortion, women trafficking, suicide, juvenile self-harming, and combatting drugs. Alves is engaged directly in the preparation of youth for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and intends to consolidate a pactuated agenda between different ministries of the Federal Government capable of integrating programs, policies, projects and initiatives under the same, articulated perspective of impact—modernizing education.
The #EleNãomovement, also known as the protests against Jair Bolsonaro, were demonstrations led by women which took place in several regions of Brazil and, with less intensity, in other countries. The main goal was to protest against Jair Bolsonaro and his presidential campaign. The protests, which occurred on September 29, 2018, were the most numerous protests by women in Brazil and the largest popular concentration during the 2018 Brazilian general election.
The Parliamentary Evangelical Front or more simply known as the Evangelical Caucus is a loosely organized group of Protestant, Evangelical, and Pentecostal lawmakers in the Brazilian government and legislature.
Alliance for Brazil is a Brazilian political party, currently being formed. With conservative roots, it was announced by President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, at 12 November 2019, after stating about his departure from the Social Liberal Party (PSL).
Admar Gonzaga Neto is a Brazilian attorney, jurist and current First Secretary of Alliance for Brazil (APB). He was Justice of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), nominated by Michel Temer to the seat destinated to attorneys. With electoral carreer since 1993, Admar was member of the Jurists Special Committee created to propose changes to the Electoral Code.
