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Current that seeks to overcome underdevelopment through accelerated industrialization, state planning, public infrastructure, protection of infant industry and a partnership between the state, national capital and foreign capital, as in Kubitschek's Targets Plan.
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I want to industrialize the nation through plans and public works, uniting state, national and foreign capital, with infant industry protected.
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Leans further toward technology than 92% of the 273 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Technology is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Immigration, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
President of Brazil (1956–1961), Kubitschek launched the Target Plan and the construction of Brasília under the slogan "fifty years in five," promoting rapid industrialization, foreign borrowing, and developmentalist optimism.
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Under Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazil was a developmentalist democracy that, through its Targets Plan, industrialized the country with state planning, infrastructure and foreign capital, built Brasília and accepted inflation and debt in the name of growth.
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An English-speaking South American presidential republic, Guyana has enjoyed an offshore oil boom since 2019, with among the world's highest growth, politics split between Indo-Guyanese and Afro-Guyanese and a dispute over Essequibo with Venezuela.
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Under Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazil was a developmentalist democracy that, through its Targets Plan, industrialized the country with state planning, infrastructure and foreign capital, built Brasília and accepted inflation and debt in the name of growth.
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Sun Yat-sen's republican doctrine, articulated in the Three Principles of the People: nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood. Its program envisioned transitional political tutelage, popular sovereignty, and social and economic reforms.
Defense of monarchy as a symbol of unity and continuity, with the king subject to the constitution and parliament, uniting tradition and institutional stability with representative democracy and the rule of law.
A republican current inspired by Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy. It defends civic liberty through laws, popular participation, and regulated conflict among social groups, allowing exceptional measures to preserve the republic.
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Current that advocates industrialization, national sovereignty, and strategic state planning, seeking to modernize the economy through public investment, productive protection, and coordination between government, science, and national companies.
Current that defends workers' interests within democracy, promoting labor rights, social security, strong unions, and income distribution through reforms and the welfare state.
Nationalism based on shared language, traditions, and heritage rather than race, which values the people's cultural identity and the integration of those who adopt these values, defending the nation's cohesion.
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