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Created in 1945 by Getúlio Vargas out of the official unionism of the Labor Ministry, it defended the labor code, the minimum wage, economic nationalism and Petrobras, and was the base of Vargas's return to power in 1951.
Political axes
Leans further toward planning than 79% of the 159 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Control is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Immigration, 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
Justicialist doctrine of Juan and Eva Perón uniting political sovereignty, economic independence and social justice, with CGT unions, nationalizations, protected industrialization, social Catholicism and a charismatic leader above parties.
Current that joins a state-run socialist economy and a strong party with patriotism, the traditional family, religion as national heritage and rejection of cultural progressivism, seeing identity politics as a liberal distraction from class struggle.
Current that combines popular sovereignty and democratic institutions with strong cultural nationalism, prioritizing the nation's interests and identity over supranational commitments and multiculturalism.
The most distant ideology
Progressive LibertarianismLibertarian31%
An Argentine president and founder of Peronism, Perón combined popular nationalism, labor rights, corporatism, protected industrialization, charismatic leadership, and a third position between liberalism and communism.
Closest, by dimension
Other compatible profiles
The most distant
Party of Viktor Orbán, in power since 2010, it defends illiberal democracy, Christian nationalism, control of the media and judiciary, opposition to immigration and to Brussels, and close ties with Russia and China.
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