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Left-wing party founded in 1980 by union leaders and social movements, in power with Lula since 2023, it defends a developmental state, social programs such as Bolsa Família, strong unions and multilateral foreign policy.
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Leans further toward multiculturalism than 86% of the 159 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Immigration is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 266 ideologies
A 1970s Western European communist current that sought a national path to socialism through elections, party pluralism and civil liberties, independent of Moscow, with a mixed economy under democratic planning.
System in which collectively or publicly owned enterprises compete in markets, uniting the efficiency of competition with the socialist distribution of profits, without the rigid central planning of state economies.
Current that mobilizes the people against economic elites, defending redistribution, public control, national sovereignty, plebiscitary democracy, and broad social policy in popular anti-establishment language.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismFar-Right31%
A Brazilian statesman, Lula rose from union activism to Brazil's presidency, leading the left with social programs, anti-poverty policies, and a development project with a strong state presence.
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Other compatible profiles
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Left-wing party of López Obrador, governing Mexico with Claudia Sheinbaum, it defends a state that promotes welfare, pensions and social programs, energy sovereignty, fighting corruption and austerity, with popular nationalism.
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