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Libertarian Party (Brazil)

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Libertarian Party
Libertários
ChairpersonAndré Rufino
FoundedJune 20, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-06-20)
Headquarters
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
International affiliationInterlibertarians
Colors   Black and yellow
Website
libertarios.org.br

The Libertarian Party (LIBER; Brazilian Portuguese: Partido Libertários) is a libertarian Brazilian political organization listed as a political party by the Superior Electoral Court (Portuguese: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral; TSE). The party was founded on June 20, 2009, in Belo Horizonte.[1]

The concept of the Brazilian Libertarian Party first surfaced in 2005 among users of the Orkut social networking service.[2] LIBER's program and statutes were published in the Federal Official Gazette in January 2010.[3] The party has organized demonstrations on the Rio de Janeiro waterfront against the PNDH 3 bill,[4] and have also participated in liberal forums and seminars, such as the Austrian Economy Seminar[5] and the Liberdade e Democracia Forum in Belo Horizonte.[6]

The Libertarians are affiliated with the Inter-libertarians,[7] an international association of Libertarian parties and organizations. Because of its strong defense of a market economy with minimal state interference, the party has been associated with the new right.[8] Although their stances on economic issues tend to lean right, on social issues libertarianism tends to be left-wing. Traditionally, libertarian theory is related to the classical liberal tradition, whose proponents include John Locke, David Hume, Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant.[9]

Ideology

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The party promotes economic libertarianism,[2] drawing inspiration from the Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand, the American economist Murray Rothbard, and the American philosopher Robert Nozick. It supports free-market policies and is ideologically informed by Austrian-British writer and philosopher Friedrich Hayek and Austrian-American economist and historian Ludwig von Mises. The party identifies with the Austrian School.[10]

In an interview with Instituto Pais Melhor, the former president of LIBER Bernardo Santoro defined libertarianism as "a political philosophy based on individual sovereignty, non-initiation of aggression, and self-ownership." In this definition, a man is the owner of his body and mixes his work with nature, which creates a legal system with private property ownership and an economic system with a free market and free interaction between individuals."[11]

Registration process

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The party is not registered with the Superior Electoral Court, as they do not have the required 500,000 supporters.

Directories

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Note: The following table is sorted alphabetically by state names.

Directory listing in June 2020
Directories
National City State Address Status
Brasília DF Facebook Active
São Paulo SP Active
Regional Salvador BA Inactive
Fortaleza CE Inactive
Goiânia GO Inactive
São Luís MA Inactive
Campo Grande MS Facebook Active
João Pessoa PB Inactive
Curitiba PR Inactive
Rio de Janeiro RJ Inactive
Natal RN Inactive
Florianópolis SC Inactive
São Paulo SP Active
Aracaju SE Active

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New Parties" (in Portuguese). PB Agora. 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b Partido nascido no Orkut prega o ultraliberalism
  3. ^ "DOU 19/01/2010". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  4. ^ "Brazil: The National Program for Human Rights – Part 1". 27 January 2010.
  5. ^ José Fucs. Em defesa do ultraliberalismo. Época, Edição 622, 17 de abril de 2010. (English: In defense of ultraliberalism. Season, Edition 622, April 17, 2010.)
  6. ^ Juliana Cipriani e Alessandra Mello. FHC apóia faxina e CPI, In: 1º Caderno, Estado de Minas. Belo Horizonte, 30 de Agosto de 2011, p. 4.
  7. ^ Interlibertarians
  8. ^ Jovens se organizam e tentam criar legendas da ‘nova direita’
  9. ^ "Author and Citation Information for "Libertarianism"".
  10. ^ "Trade and Economics" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  11. ^ "IPM Interview Bernardo Santoro, president of LIBER, party that defends libertarianism" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
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